There’s a difference between feeling angry and being an asshole. Using anger to control others is not OK. But anger is an important and valid emotion.
The Longest Chapter of The Never Ending Story
I am getting out there and managing to be around other people on my own. Not as a mum, or a wife. Simply as a person who is struggling in life.
Skipping your childhood… Impossible!?
Children need emotional validation, because they are growing into a terrifying world and trying to establish how to feel about it.
Simply the Best and the Best is yet to Come
I’m writing an autobiography about my life with Bipolar Disorder over 69 years. The title will be Simply the Best and the Best is yet to Come
An Alternate Explanation of Integration
Childhood abuse dramatically changes the number of neurons in the brain. It can both increase and decrease their ability to communicate with one another.
The words used to talk about mental health
Wait a minute? Pause, Max. What is eyeballing? Did I just pull the same crap my housing manager did with the term walkthrough?
Anxiety Prepping
If you live with anxiety, no matter how chronic, you may know just how limiting it can be to enjoying your day to day life.
Things I’ve done despite anxiety
I recently had a flash of inspiration about things I’ve done despite being riddled with social anxiety. There’s definitely a determined streak in me.
A letter to my younger self
Don’t be afraid to pursue your dreams. Don’t be ashamed of what you want, no matter how unconventional. If the road ahead looks difficult, don’t give up.
No More – I am DONE with the heartache and drama
I am DONE with the heartache and drama and upset and stress. DONE with the fucking turmoil. I am DONE with inconsistencies, DONE with hot and cold.
Triggers: Because Reasons
I’m here to talk as candidly as I can bring myself to, as a cathartic aid to my recovery and in hope that I might comfort others in their experiences.
What’s it like to be in therapy?
There’s the little seed in me that focuses on the future, on being ‘better’. I don’t know what ‘better’ looks like yet, and nor do I expect a miracle cure.