Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Christina Lepore Patricia is four years old. She covers her face under the scoop-neck of her blue flannel nightgown. She hides in terror under the covers in her white canopy bed. Now, decades later, she loses time and sometimes wakes up in the fetal position in her closet. Patricia Continue Reading
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The anxiety and fear caused can be debilitating. Truth be told, it really does affect my life, my friendships and my relationship.
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The chaos brought on by dysfunctional self-pity can result from childhood trauma. An unhealthy and chaotic family causes this.
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One foot over the border into the land of Rejection and it’s there, smack right in front of me. It can’t be ignored. I bumped into it hard.
In 2012 I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. I am now in treatment in order to save my life. We all deserve ‘A Life Worth Living’.
Dear psychiatrist, I know you thought you were helping me by giving me a diagnosis. But now, doctors refuse to treat me and people don’t trust me.
I had my first panic attack three years ago. I was 21 years old and I was living in my third homeless shelter. One of my abusers had tried to contact me.
‘Who is going to believe you?’ That’s what my step-mum used to tell me every single time she hurt me. Often with my face mashed against the wall…
I’m six again, standing in that corner where my step-mum has been punishing me, maybe for the last 24 hours or longer. I’m not allowed to move.