Working towards an exuberant, creative structure to support your healing journey is a key element in maximizing recovery and rehabilitation.
Make It Count – Mental Health Support in Schools
Children need support to prevent poor mental health developing and early intervention when it does occur. Sign the Make it Count petition here.
Catch 22 – I’m not looking for work
I am not looking for work. I tell them I am, but work triggers my mental illness. There doesn’t seem to be a place for me in society. What do I do?
Waiting for the Other Shoe to Fall
If as children we lived in a threatening world where our needs were met with our caregivers responding with abuse, we become hyperalert for danger.
The Girl with no Past
I survived years of abuse as a child, and years were wiped from my memory. There’s very little I remember – I’m the girl with no past.
Attachment to the Perpetrator
What makes us attach to people who harm us? Why do we find it almost impossible to leave abusive relationships? How do we change this pattern?
You’re Back
You’re back | What do you want? | You can’t have my soul | It’s not mine to grant | You want my sanity? | My peace of mind?
High Days and Holidays – The Enormity of my Grief
High days and holidays are even more difficult than the ordinary days. His absence is more apparent and the enormity of my grief is even more intense.
Sui-versary – nearly reattempt – I didn’t, again
I nearly reattempted. I’m still in self-destruct mode, but their mental health team are going to try their magic wand this time.
Periods of War: Mental Health and Menstruation
I could really do without fluctuating moods that confuse and overwhelm me. I could do without quietly wondering what my chances of having kids are.
The Walls Between Us
As traumatized children, we avoided insanity by forming alters and amnesiac barriers. This becomes a huge problem in adulthood.
Motherhood: a beautiful, terrifying mess
Postpartum anxiety lives in the shadows between who I was and who I am, what I perceive the world expects of me and what I have to give.