You’re an adult, in charge of your own life, and you can choose who your friends and supporters are. If the toxic people just happen to be family members – too bad!
Think before you speak – Damaging Words
‘I think you just wallow. You’ve got to push yourself. Sort yourself out. Now, try to get yourself a bit more cheerful, will you?’
Five Years Later – How I Feel Now
Life has gradually become lighter, better. I’m feeling excited about things again. My new meds and therapy have brought me to a happier place.
How to help someone with PND
How to help someone with PND: be there for them. That’s literally it. You don’t have to have the right answers or be able to ‘fix’ anything.
School Summer Holidays and my Mental Health
I felt guilty that the house was a complete mess. I rarely managed to cook proper meals. Overwhelmed by everything, I was just wracked with guilt!
How to get better?
Feelings aren’t fact. It’s still there, like a whisper some mornings, but I laugh to myself now. Naaaa, you won’t get me again.
How The Avengers Saved My Life
I still fully intended to take my own life. All that had changed was the “when” of it. I would wait until after the eventual release of “The Avengers”.
Time continues to be a conundrum
I suddenly caught the smell of Conor’s aftershave, and thought “Oh I wonder if that was you?” Then I found another small white feather.
How childhood traumas can cause mental health issues
I was broken as a child, and my mind was scarred. I had lost my siblings, my mother, and my father. I experienced abuse and neglect.
The Constant Battle
My life this constant battle | To maintain equilibrium |Trying to defect each cutting criticism |You fire at me to rattle | My fragile mind.
Moving house when you have mental health issues
I’m blessed to have a beautiful new house with my beautiful family, but this is a classic example of how mental illness does not discriminate!
I was raised by a Narcissistic Mother
Abuse, neglect and abandonment are linked to BPD, and I suffered as a child, sadly. I’ve recently learnt that I was raised by a narcissistic mother.