Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Amysboarderlineworld A diagnosis, or label – whatever you want to call it – I have it. I am officially diagnosed with depression/PND, anorexia, BPD (borderline personality disorder) and anxiety. I have had these issues for many years but was only diagnosed five years ago. My diagnoses So, what does having Continue Reading
By Darren I’m keeping my head up, I’m trying to avoid those lightning storms My tears are your tears My smile is your smile too This is my last goodbye, this is your lost embrace This is my last goodbye, this is my fall from grace But you know, memories Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld I have always worked. From quite a young age, I worked on weekends and evenings in pub kitchens, I did a waitress job, I did a lot of cleaning and worked as a shop assistant. Quite often as I got older I worked two jobs. I love to Continue Reading
By Neil Hodge How could anyone love him? He looked in the mirror above the sink knowing the resultant reflection should scare him but reacting with complete indifference. He knew the person looking back at him only too well these days. Nothing shocked him. He didn’t think he had the Continue Reading
By Darren I wanted to write you a letter and send it to you I’d write in it all the the things I want to say I’m sorry I left your life, it cut too deep I want to make it all up to you He gave up and left Continue Reading
By Lauren Ruddock As a bit of a follow on from my last post, and the part about my past, this is about the last year. It has been, at least mental health wise, rather up and down. Anxiety isn’t predictable as such. For example, I can’t tell if next Continue Reading
By Keri There is no doubt I have an argumentative streak in me. With the onset of mental illness in my late teens, this was exacerbated, to the point where my own parents said ‘they could not cope with me’. My younger brother used to watch in disbelief, as I Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld You say depression to someone and their mind will immediately think of someone who is sad, low, unhappy or upset. Depression to me isn’t uncontrollable crying and feelings of sadness but of course some of the time this is exactly right for many people. However, for me there Continue Reading
By Andrew Low ‘God spoke to you by so many voices but you would not hear’ is a line that has really helped me. It’s in the novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce. I read it in the spring of 1992 when I Continue Reading
By Rich Tee When I wake in the morning my thoughts drift gently like fish in the sea, swimming around in the in the juices of my consciousness. These are my thought fish, they come & they go as I rouse myself into wakefulness and they start to prepare me Continue Reading
By Lyndsay Please note that this post includes information and discussion of sexual assault that some readers may find distressing. Come in, come in, Sorry we’re running a little bit late. Have a seat. Shut the door behind you. I think it’s time we had a little chat, don’t you? Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld For anyone that knows me or reads my blog you will know that I have a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). I have had some great responses and feedback but also have experienced some negativity and stigma. Worst of all, and what I am writing about in Continue Reading