I love the sunshine, but I have to take things easy sometimes and think of how it will affect me if I don’t. Enjoy the sun, but stay safe!
Mental health system failing those with children
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.
‘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.
Mental Illness and Genetics
I’m unsure what the future holds, for what my genes would bring onto a child. I would feel terribly guilty to pass on a debilitating mental illness.
Start Your Journey – A New Chapter In My Life
I attempted to take my own life. My family helped me to see a doctor. I’ve started a new chapter in my life. If you’re suffering, please reach out for help.
Marriage – The silent treatment
The look, god, the look. What’s for tea? is all he’ll say. You get marks out of ten, and you’re not even on Masterchef! You’re dying, crying inside…
How to begin a conversation with your child about their mental health
A conversation with our children about mental health can be scary. We can’t ignore the problem or hope it will resolve itself – here’s how to start.
Why The Weekends Are The Worst (Sometimes)
I don’t want to do anything other than lie here, feeling the warm, fresh spring breeze. I need a break from the presence of others. I’ve shut down.
Dear darling daughter, from your bipolar mother
A poem for my daughter, from her bipolar mother. It’s incredibly difficult for children to understand mental illness, and parenting can be hard.
Teenagers and mental health – carer tips
Self-harm, eating disorders and drugs really challenge your primal instinct to protect your teenager. Balancing boundaries, freedom and danger is hard.
Welcome to Honesty
Being honest about my mental illness has played a huge role in my recovery. Once I stopped hiding my mental illness, I accepted who I am.
BPD Babbles: Abandonment & Rejection
We can be sensitive, attentive and emotionally intelligent, but also obsessive, jealous, paranoid, fearful and intense. We’re terrified of abandonment.