The road to recovery is not linear but there are good days as well as bad.
All tagged Mental Health
Petitions and patience
Launching my petition for better PD services and the ongoing search for motivation.
Talking awareness
Insights into a talk to Samaritans and thoughts on raising awareness.
Busy keeping busy
Insights into recent activities related to mental health and why this time of year is important.
Care and compassion
A focus on self-care and acceptance when thoughts and feelings become overwhelming.
PD presenting and suicide prevention
Public speaking on Recovering from Trauma in Personality Disorder and thoughts on World Suicide Prevention Day.
Trust and terminology
Thoughts on how the terminology used can affect crisis care alongside insights into learning to trust
Difficult days
Insights into the days after my first EMDR based session and the need for self-care.
Riding the rollercoaster
Insights into struggling with flashbacks and dealing with an emotional downturn.
Tackling stigma - part 2
Delivering anti-stigma training to inpatient staff; the outcome after all the anxiety.
Tackling stigma
Does stigma affect me delivering an anti-stigma workshop? Insights into related anxieties.
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...