Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Charlotte It’s been a few months since I last wrote anything and it’s not for lack of ideas! It’s a case of being too busy. What is love? So why am I talking about being overwhelmed with love? I think firstly I need to define love. There is familial Continue Reading
In the space of a year I’ve had more care than I had in the previous 3 years. I’m lucky and I know that. It took a lot of bad and mediocre doctors to get where I am now with my current doctor.
It’s only us humans that define time. Really, it’s a continuum. I’m not posting new resolutions this year. Just moving forward and learning from mistakes.
Dear psychiatrist, I know you thought you were helping me by giving me a diagnosis. But now, doctors refuse to treat me and people don’t trust me.
A EUPD diagnosis shortens your life by 20 years. Doctors routinely disbelieve us when we’re ill, due to the stigma attached to personality disorders.
You Win. Every time I think I’ve beaten you, you reappear. In the pit of my stomach you erupt a world of emotions. The nausea takes over my body.