Don’t give up on your loved one, your friend, spouse, sister, brother, whoever it may be. Show them that you are their cheerleader.
Managing Your Fearful And Obsessive Thoughts
Challenge your fearful and obsessive thoughts. Visualise a red ‘STOP!’ sign. Try to think of something positive to replace the negative thought.
Anger is a valid emotion
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.
My Mind isn’t Well
My mind isn’t well, but that’s something you can’t see. You can’t understand how much it’s affecting me. You don’t see the pain it causes inside…
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.
The importance of getting help with anxieties and fears
Getting professional help with anxieties and persistent fears is the most important step in your recovery. Don’t be ashamed to ask for help.
Fair Weathered Friends
He had the kite in the boot and he was going to go for one last ride. He explained that the next day everything was being repossessed.
Don’t wait to be asked for help
We don’t want to be a burden. The shame and guilt are overwhelming; the fear of being rejected is suffocating. Asking for help is hard.
The Evangelist
The first time I really discovered narcissism was a couple of years ago when my then-new friend began, bit by bit, telling me about her previous relationship
How Can You Justify Your Own Attempted Suicides?
Can anyone comprehend why someone with a great family, job and home would try to exit their life prematurely? Do they think I was just being selfish?
GP Receptionists
When I think about the crisis team who lied to me; falsified my patient records; laughed at me; made suicide jokes; made me feel like nothing, I get palpitations