‘Are you off your meds?’ is the most annoying question ever. We still have emotions and get sad or angry – it doesn’t mean we’re not taking our medication.
Losing Balance
I’ve been so busy being well, I’ve forgotten how I got there. I’ve been falling down a dark hole, losing balance. It’s time to reassess and adjust my life.
Goodbye 2017…. It’s Been Emotional
As 2017 draws to an end, I find myself in a reflective mood. From massive highs to crushing lows, it’s been an emotional year.
Accepting it might always be this way
I was diagnosed with OCD almost a year ago. I’m better than I was. I’ve got to a point where I feel ‘OK’ – but the odd bad day still happens.
Yes, I am still in recovery
By Amysborderlineworld I know it is boring to hear but it’s true – yes, I am still in recovery. Struggling in Recovery I still struggle a lot and have bad days and just recently I have struggled more than I have done for some time. I had more than the Continue Reading
It Is Still Hard to Admit I Am Struggling
By Amysboarderlineworld It’s still hard to admit I am struggling. I have never found it easy (or possible at all) to ask for help. To say “I’m stuck” or “I’m struggling”. It doesn’t matter what it was regarding. Work, housework, mental or physical health, I just believe I should be Continue Reading
I Accept Who I Am With a Mental Illness
By Gabriela It doesn’t matter how medicated I am or how much therapy I do, I will always have depression and anxiety as my right and left hand men. They don’t magically disappear. Instead, I accept who I am, and they become manageable – but ya, sometimes the thought of Continue Reading
Functional: ‘capable of serving the purpose for which it was designed’
By Lisa Bean West I’m now classed as a ‘Functional Borderline’. I still have a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, but I can get through most days without major incident. It’s hard sometimes to look back at how I used to be, how I used to look and all the Continue Reading
CAPABLE NOT CURED – Road to Recovery
COUNSELLING My counsellor was based in a nearby GP’s surgery. He was mild mannered and kind. I cried in every session but felt a small sense of catharsis when our hour was up. He described a duality in my personality. A desire for closeness but a tendency to push people Continue Reading
CAPABLE NOT CURED – Reaching Out
PART 2: REACHING OUT BREAKDOWN Still I didn’t really talk to my husband. He took our son to nursery the next morning. I decided to ring in sick. I sat on the floor next to my bed sobbing uncontrollably. Then two weird things happened. First, my phone rang. I had Continue Reading
CAPABLE NOT CURED -Breakdown
PART 1: THE BREAKDOWN ASKING FOR HELP It was June 2015. I knew it was coming. The warning signs were all there. I was angry, feeling easily overwhelmed, aggressive, making snap decisions/judgements, acting out at work, unable to prioritize tasks so becoming obsessive about irrelevant things, not sleeping, indulging in Continue Reading
CAPABLE NOT CURED – Intro
INTRODUCTION My journey with depression started in my early 20’s. I am not sure what triggered these feelings, just that I started to feel lost. Lonely. Without purpose. I started to suffer with crippling panic attacks on a daily basis; breathlessness, chest pains and dizzy spells. It was a visceral feeling Continue Reading