When a moment arises where I have to make a decision, my heart immediately starts pounding, I can literally feel my chest tightening.
She had to travel through madness to find herself
I didn’t do anything wrong, this is because of stuff that was done to me, not because I’m a bad person. So I refuse to hide.
Peaks and Troughs
A poem about the constant fluctuations of borderline personality disorder and how it feels to experience such opposing peaks and troughs.
The Scribbles of Emotional Intensity Disorder
I am a musician, I am a singer, I am a uni student. I am someone with emotional intensity disorder! The scribbles of my thoughts…
Living on the Border
I’m constantly on edge that happiness won’t last. Because it doesn’t. I’m on the border. I become high, impulsive, then the dark cloud descends…
Try reaching out … and when I do?
I reach out to help others, but today I needed help and was abandoned and ignored. Next time I will keep quiet, I won’t try reaching out.
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.
I was raised by a Narcissistic Mother
Abuse, neglect and abandonment are linked to BPD, and I suffered as a child, sadly. I’ve recently learnt that I was raised by a narcissistic mother.
Battling with my own mind – BPD, anxiety and depression
Living with a mental illness, I’m battling with my own mind every single day and giving it everything I have to overcome it and make it to tomorrow.
I know the day will come
I’ve loved my close ones till my heart nearly burst into two, but they didn’t see the tears, the hurt, the anger, the frustration that kept holding me back.
My Mania with Borderline Personality Disorder
It’s usually the depressive episodes I get. Rarely do I get episodes of mania with Borderline Personality Disorder, and wow, does it feel good!
What I want you to know
I suffered trauma and abandonment, and now have Borderline Personality Disorder. This is the most misunderstood and stigmatised mental illness ever!