When the dark days come crashing down | When you need a friend to carry you when you’re broken down | Reach out | You will be found.
Don’t Suffer In Silence
The darkness in you has a name | And isolation is its game | But it can be conquered, can be beat | Don’t suffer in silence, speak.
What is Friendship? Let Me Tell You A Story
We were close as flower petals. We knew each other’s hearts and each other’s fears. And we knew how to find strength in one another.
Sui-versary – nearly reattempt – I didn’t, again
I nearly reattempted. I’m still in self-destruct mode, but their mental health team are going to try their magic wand this time.
Don’t let anxiety win
I was going to cancel. But I needed a reason. What would my friend think of me? Would I regret not going? Would I really miss out?
Fighting for a balanced perspective on mental illness
Finding a balanced perspective on mental illness has made me find compassion for others I didn’t have previously. It has even strengthened my relationships.
Day I Lost My Home
Awake and typing for four weeks, day and night, my behaviour became increasingly bizarre and strange. My roommate was scared, and so was I.
This is a Bad Idea – Sharing with Others
I can’t connect with my emotions. When they surface, my core defence mechanism is to forget. How can I get help if I can’t explain how I feel?
Try reaching out … and when I do?
I reach out to help others, but today I needed help and was abandoned and ignored. Next time I will keep quiet, I won’t try reaching out.
Battling with my own mind – BPD, anxiety and depression
Living with a mental illness, I’m battling with my own mind every single day and giving it everything I have to overcome it and make it to tomorrow.
Nobody gets me
Nobody cared. I would cry myself to sleep, scream along to Simple Plan, but no one ever entered my room to ask if I was okay, and I kept sinking.
Anxiety > Normality: 13 Things Affected by Anxiety
Even if I am passionate about something, I’ll be extremely hesitant to bring it up for fear of mockery or a nonplussed, glassy-eyed stare.