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.
The Sun is Always Shining
We all go through cloudy moments in life but the sun is always there waiting to shine. We as people are the same, our light still shines brightly even when it’s cloudy.
Living with a person with mental illness
It’s a tragedy that there still remains just silence. I wish that medical treatment could be hurried forward for my partner’s anger.
Being okay seems so far away …
I am scared typing this that it sounds nuts and all very silly and trivial. But the things in my head, like little beasts, are telling me that everything is wrong.
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
Anxiety Prepping
If you live with anxiety, no matter how chronic, you may know just how limiting it can be to enjoying your day to day life.
Sleeping with the Enemy – Mental Illness and Suicide in Australia
Hidden behind masks the illness is silent and invisible. For the person who is struggling with depression or anxiety the battle is real. It can be like Sleeping with the Enemy.
Managing Your Persistent Fears, Anxieties And Stresses
here is a brief list of techniques that a person can use to help manage their most persistent fears and everyday anxieties.
So many questions
It’s now almost 10 months since you left us (into double figures now). I’d love to be able to say it’s getting easier, but I’d be lying if I did.
Day I Lost My Home
Awake and typing for four weeks, day and night, my behaviour became increasingly bizarre and strange. My roommate was scared, and so was I.
Watch your language! Is the terminology we use important?
How you claim and put stock into labels about your illness and your world is up to you. I personally feel it’s important not to get tangled up in semantics.
Unwanted Intrusive Thoughts
I am learning to accept, then dismiss these thoughts as just that, a thought. As long as I stay stronger than my illness, I can overcome these intruders.