The one thing I’ve taken from my experience so far is it’s okay to be scared and confused, to not always know your next steps (quite literally, in this case)
One more try away
This knowledge has opened a part of me that I never knew existed. Can a negative event, that still causes negative beliefs, not have huge consequences on my life?
Time to change practice as well as policy: Meniere’s disease and mental health at work
With Meniere’s disease, the physical symptoms often affect mental health in a vicious circle, with stress also being a trigger for physical responses.
Finding a good GP
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.
Has blogging cured my social anxiety?
I can’t remember the last time the thought of the self checkouts being shut brought me out in a cold sweat because I’d have to deal with a real life person.
Quitting my job to follow my passion
A month ago I was living at home and working 9-5 in an office that destroyed my mental health. Now I’m a flat 400 miles from my family home and I left the office job behind.
Becoming a mother saved me from myself
For over 10 years I was in the depths of mental illness. Every single day. I wanted to die, but becoming a mother saved me.
My Journey
I lost my Nan and uncle, but I bottled my grief up and just carried on. I let myself get sucked into a black hole without realising it.
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.
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.
Post natal psychosis
The GP gave me a scrap of paper with details of a counselling service. Around twelve hours later, I put a six-inch kitchen knife into my neck.
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.