If you could see my mental illness then things would be different, I’m sure. But you can’t, so there is a huge stigma attached that makes me hide in shame.
Dancing Decision Dilemma
‘Should I stay or should I go?’ I was stuck, frozen in place by indecision. What did I want? I did want to go, but I had to justify it. I felt guilty.
Anorexia, OCD and Me
Lonely and isolated, I didn’t know how to make it stop. Now I look back over my long journey. It’s my life, and I will live it.
4 Lies Depression Tells You
The lies depression tells you – thoughts that you know are wrong and nonsensical. Here are 4 of the worst lies depression tells me.
Choosing to stop hiding my depression — let’s talk
It’s hard, but I’m going to stop hiding my depression. I’m going to talk with you lovely people, rather than apologising or hiding myself away in fear.
Early days of loss
By Sophie Ann The Pain Sits There It sits in my stomach, like a balloon. just blocking the path for food, keeping me full for starving days. The pain sits there, making me feel sick and weighed down by the regret and things I should’ve said, and the things I Continue Reading
Sad, not depressed – Why I don’t ‘deserve’ a depression label
By Samantha Jones I am sad, not depressed For a couple of months now I have been feeling low and out of sorts. It’s like there is a black cloud hovering above my head, not allowing me to think straight. This cloud doesn’t allow me to wash, leave the house, Continue Reading
An Overview of My Experience of Depression
My blog is based on my life living with mental health issues. I have written individual blogs on my struggles with BPD, anorexia and anxiety but I have never really spoken much about my experience of depression.