Being positive when dealing with depression is hard. Near impossible at times, believe me, I know. Finding a small bit of positivity in the sea of black.
BPD and Decision-Making
When a moment arises where I have to make a decision, my heart immediately starts pounding, I can literally feel my chest tightening.
How to help someone with PND
How to help someone with PND: be there for them. That’s literally it. You don’t have to have the right answers or be able to ‘fix’ anything.
School Summer Holidays and my Mental Health
I felt guilty that the house was a complete mess. I rarely managed to cook proper meals. Overwhelmed by everything, I was just wracked with guilt!
My love/hate relationship with the NHS
I want to make a difference. I can’t stand the thought that people are being let down in the same way that I have been, and continue to be, let down!
Don’t let anxiety win
I was going to cancel. But I needed a reason. What would my friend think of me? Would I regret not going? Would I really miss out?
Moving house when you have mental health issues
I’m blessed to have a beautiful new house with my beautiful family, but this is a classic example of how mental illness does not discriminate!
5 Things I’ve learnt about being an empath
You feel absolutely everything! If someone is happy and overjoyed, you will get giddy and excited too. But you also feel the pain of others’ trauma.
Mental Health Issues, Please Don’t Judge
That lady in her 40s, slurring her words and losing her balance. She must be a drunk, drinking at this time in the morning! Little do we know…
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.
5 Tips for coping in the heat with mental health issues
I love the sunshine, but I have to take things easy sometimes and think of how it will affect me if I don’t. Enjoy the sun, but stay safe!
Anorexia and me
If your best friend told you every day you were fat, disgusting, pathetic, ugly, wouldn’t you dump her? I don’t. I keep letting her come back.