While people are supportive about my anxiety and bipolar, borderline carries stigma. It’s wrong that certain disorders are accepted and others are not.
Don’t Suffer in Silence
Stigma is the worst thing about being sectioned. Now I’m no longer alone. I was masking my mental deterioration with drugs & drink. Don’t suffer in silence
Socially anxious
Bullying has made me depressed and socially anxious. I’m afraid of speaking or going out. Please speak out against bullying. It can even lead to suicide.
What Is Emotional Isolation And Why Do I Have It?
By Shae Hansen Please note: This post is by no means a medical recommendation. I am simply describing the resources I use that helped me in this particular situation. About a month ago, my mother in law was visiting from Maryland and told my husband about her experience with finding Continue Reading
Guess What – IT’S CHRISTMAS!
By Jo Bennett I briefly chatted with a lovely friend recently. ‘How are you?’ I asked. ‘It’s that time of year.’ ‘Ah..’ I nodded. ‘That time of year.’ She told me how, according to her mother, if she didn’t do the right thing – i.e. All the family get together Continue Reading
How “staying in my own lane” helps my Social Anxiety
Others’ thoughts are theirs to think and, frankly, they are none of my business. How “staying in my own lane” helps my social anxiety.
Collection of Short Stories
Joys of having a baby By Emily I’m Emily, I’m 29, and 22 months ago I had a baby girl born at 30 weeks. The whole experience was a traumatic one, ending in our baby girl being in intensive care for eight weeks before coming home. And she had to have numerous Continue Reading
5 Tools I Use To Overcome My Social Anxiety
By Shae Hansen Emotional and physical isolation is something that is truly challenging for me. I often feel like I want to barricade myself in my house and not ever emerge. I don’t feel like talking to people, and I don’t feel like even being in the vicinity as others. Continue Reading
Depression, Anxiety and Alcoholism: The different facets of me.
By Emma Kennedy I always felt different, like I didn’t belong, and never understood others completely. Nothing much has changed. I’m 37 years young, and learning more about me and the world everyday. Facing my depression, anxiety and alcoholism Since realising I had depression (aged 16), social anxiety (aged 21), and that those two Continue Reading