Does stigma affect me delivering an anti-stigma workshop? Insights into related anxieties.
All in Journal
Positivity pays
Finding positives in the EUPD / BPD diagnosis and questioning whether positivity itself attracts more.
Green elephants and tightropes
Walking the fine line between coping and not whilst trying to hold onto the positives.
Puzzle pieces
Considering therapy options for my personality disorder and how it feels to be involved.
Sunshine and thunderstorms
Insights into public speaking, revisiting a treatment service and dealing with dissociation.
Politics and presentations
Keeping the flag flying for personality disorder and mental health awareness, including a meeting with the local MP.
Gratitude and identity
How identity is important for self-acceptance and being grateful for those around me.
A positive corner
I have felt in recent days like things might have taken a positive turn in the road...
Losing sight of the shore
“You can never cross the ocean without first having the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Small victories
The importance of medication, whether you take it or not, and adding a little grey into that monochrome EUPD world...
What if..?
Insights into strugges with anxiety, which can easily go unnoticed but have huge impacts on daily life.
First birthday battles
It’s been a year since I wrote my first blog post!
Inspired
“Just by being open about my mental health difficulties, it led to a dialogue about mental health in general.”
No day needs to be a write off
As Mental Health Awareness Week 2018 comes to a close, read why EVERY day matters and how none needs to be a write off even if you’re feeling low.
Keeping the faith
Recovery isn’t all rainbows and unicorns, sometimes we have to hold on tight through the tough times too.
A year to the day
One year ago it was my first day after discharge from my local acute psychiatric ward where I had been an inpatient for seven months. There have been a lot of changes since then.
Balancing challenge with self-care
It is very easy to overlook the simple things in life, particularly in times of distress but small victories really can contribute to larger ones.
Notes and more
Why patient care is being hampered by a lack of joined up notes between Trusts and how it isn’t the person that’s flawed in any case of personality disorder.
Supporting despair
What are you supposed to do when the team meant to be supporting you are the ones that send you into despair and hopelessness?
Absence and attention
How it feels to have lost a therapist plus an honest admission regarding how easy it is to crave attention from others.