Don’t try to change me | Take the good days with the bad | Don’t leave when times get rough | If you accept me for who I am | You will have a soul mate
Constant Replay – The loved ones left behind
Burying grief does not work. Over time, like a weed growing up through concrete, those emotions will emerge and demand to be accepted.
Holiday Anxiety
I’m not scared of dying in a fiery plane crash, but I’m in an anxious frenzy over the possibility of a stranger thinking I look weird in shorts!
9 Reasons Mothers Don’t Speak About Postpartum Depression
In our dreams of becoming mothers, we pictured it blissful and beautiful. We imagined sitting in a rocking chair, singing lullabies to a sleepy, happy baby.
Why we have to speak out to change perceptions around mental health
I believe that it is important to share our stories of mental health illnesses. This is how we will change perceptions around mental health.
The power of love – I will feel again
In moments of darkness, where I feel nothing at all, I will feel again. That’s the power of love. You can’t love when you’re dead.
Vanquish the Dragon: Notes on a Bad Day
A violent self-degradation rears its head today. Like a dragon over my wasteland, torching everything. It brings me to despair, emptiness. Resignation.
Resilience
Resilience is leaving an abusive home | Resilience is living in 3 homeless shelters | Resilience is what makes me | Stronger than my past experiences
18 years of PTSD
18 years of PTSD – I cry with love and with loss, shame and guilt, anger and sadness. I scream silently. For 18 years I’ve been telling people I’m fine.
My life with borderline personality disorder – BPD
to anyone reading this today, if you know anyone that has this diagnosis, please be gentle with us because we are very rarely gentle with ourselves.
This is what progress looks like
This will be a process, and at this point I’m unsure what people’s responses will be. But I’m certain it will reach at least one person. That’s a victory
This is simply WRONG. We can do better
We CAN do better if we put our minds to it. It is NOT rocket science, but it does require commitment and resources to be used in different ways.