My mental health team have never made it easy. My baby is now 5 months old, and I still haven’t been contacted by the perinatal team.
Be a Victor Not a Victim
You only take one or two more than what the bottle says. After all, you are in pain, and the doctor gave you the meds, so how can they be dangerous?
Change the Language to Change the Conversation – The Power of Speech
You need support – your son has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. But the neighbours gossip in whispers and hushed tones. They won’t even talk to you.
The Destructive Wave
The water is deep, and I am riding a a colossal, storm-surge wave of dark, negative energy. It wants to erode and damage the coastline it hits.
Things that I get mad about! Too much stigma about mental illness
I suffer with Borderline Personality Disorder, anxiety, and depression. It annoys me when people say they’re ‘depressed’ because they’re having a bad day!
Talking to Children about Mental Illness
Our children need us to model openness and honesty, rather than shame and blame. They need us to tell them, repeatedly, that mental illness is no stigma.
Loving A Person Diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder
In DID, the alters are different expressions of the person. What if they have dozens of differing opinions about love, sex, and companionship?
The Longest Day
Every day after losing your child is the longest day, particularly when your child has died by suicide. It’s about the number of hours of excruciating pain.
Unite for Diabetes – and for mental health too
And my daughter will be occupied by blood sugar every day of her life. Unless a cure is developed, nothing can ever be spontaneous again.
Stuck for words? What to say to someone who’s struggling
Words can be the things to break or save you, so it can be hard knowing what to say to someone who is struggling. What do you say, what do you do?
‘I’m Glad it Didn’t Work’ – When Not to Believe a Suicide Survivor
I told the hospital psychiatrist, ‘I’m fine, I’m glad it didn’t work’, even forcing a smile. I was lying. Luckily, I was sent to a secure psychiatric unit.
The On/Off Switch In Borderline Personality Disorder
I could be having an ‘Okay’ day, everything plodding along nicely, then I suddenly turn into Demon Woman! The Switch in Borderline Personality Disorder.