I have had a number of friends affected by cervical cancer and at quite a young age so you’d expect me to be shit hot on my own health. But nope. Divvy here let it lapse and I was almost three years overdue my smear, despite my last smear coming back with abnormal cells. I …
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Forgiveness
Forgiveness. It takes a lot to forgive someone for whatever they’ve done. Whether they hurt you, betrayed you, broke your heart, abandoned you, abused you or all of the above. We should all be on a level pegging but sometimes that’s not the case, so it takes someone below you to try and bring you …
World Suicide Prevention Day Thoughts 2017
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and I want you all to take a minute of your day to think about all those affected by and lost to suicide. In 2016, 5688 people in the U.K. and ROI took their own lives through suicide caused by mental illness. The saddest thing is it’s preventable given …
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The World and Its Opinion on BPD/EUPD
If I told you I had an illness that 10% of us with it would die, would you take me seriously? If I told you that it was a mental illness called Borderline Personality Disorder, would you still take me seriously? 10% of people with BPD commit suicide and I can tell you, 4 years …
Weight
I am overweight. There is no denying that. And I could blame it on my thyroid, or my PCOS, or my back problem – all of which contribute – but the truth is I have a love/hate relationship with food. I love eating it, I hate what it does to my body lol no but …
Society and Self Harm
The act of inflicting on yourself is unimaginable to some. Why would you hurt yourself? Why would you cut your skin? Why do you make yourself sick? Why do you try and end your life? But to a lot of people, inflicting harm on yourself is an act of anguish. Its a symptom of mental …
Baby Loss Awareness Month
Baby Loss Awareness Month•It is not just about the mothers and fathers whose children they have lost, and it is not just about the statistics of those who have lost a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, SADS or other means.•For the parents whose child never took their first breath, or for those who learned to …
Turning 30
I had mixed emotions about becoming thirty years old! On one hand I thought I would mature a little (who was I kidding?) but the other part of me was filled with dread. On my 29th birthday during my Harry Potter themed party (shut up, it was very awesome lol) I cried and nearly had …
Losing Weight/Mental Health
I have just said in ‘The Difference In Me’ that I won’t be naming medications because they all work differently for different people and it would be careless and unfair of me to say otherwise. We all know some medications, more than others, are prone to causing weight. I gained four/five stones on a particular …
The Difference In Me
What can I say? Insight saved my life! It is both a blessing and a curse to be insightful with your mental health as I am sure many of you can understand. To know so much about yourself, to be so understanding of your triggers and knowledge of what keeps you well but still battling …
The Warrior Within 