Healing won’t be easy at first. But with the right help, guidance and support you will eventually flourish and become stronger day by day.
BPD and new trauma. Recovery and relapse.
How do you deal with a significant traumatic event when you are already suffering? How do you cope with new trauma?
I’ve been sexually attacked again #metoo
It’s happened again, and I just don’t know how to prevent it. I’ve been sexually attacked again. I was vulnerable and it was at the hands of my boss.
How the school run nearly broke me
For four years, taking my son to school was a twice daily ordeal. It took a tremendous toll on my mental health as well as the family as a whole.
How To Make It Through Your Dissertation – Help and Support
A dissertation is undoubtedly one of the most challenging things in your life to date — especially the effect it has on your mental health.
Bipolar Disorder: What Causes it?
There’s no known cause of bipolar disorder. Genes, biology and stress are all possible factors. But you can manage the disorder and manage its risks.
Dear Mother: I love you but hate the unwanted lessons you taught me
The three most beautiful and empowering words I can think of right now are ‘I was wrong’. Really, truly, deeply knowing that I was wrong has lifted a weight off my shoulders and allowed me a route forward.
Breakthrough Symptoms: What They Are
Even with the best treatment for a mental health disorder, people can still experience breakthrough symptoms: voices, delusions, paranoia, depression.
The Pandemic of False Positivity
I take issue with the nationwide pandemic of false positivity and how it’s used so judgmentally. People shame others for feeling emotions.
My Journey from Desperation to Hope
By Sarah My journey from desperation to hope really started in January 2017. I have a long history of depression and anxiety, particularly social anxiety. On the whole, like many others, I have forced myself to battle on without any support, other than from my family. I Understood I Had Continue Reading
A Life That’s Haunted
I keep a mental Armoury of Knowledge, where there exists a notebook. It’s full of titbits of information I began to keep ten years ago, when it all began.
Finding a Healthy Outlet for our Anger
Anger doesn’t make you a lesser person, it makes you human. If only we allowed ourselves and others to be angry about the shitty things that happen.