I bought a new pair of jeans today. Nothing special about them, they were blue and quite unremarkable.However, trying them on was quite a trial. I squeezed into them yes, but they didn’t fit and weren’t even close to being the next size down (even though that’s the size I am in another shop). So …
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I Choose Recovery
I chose recovery. I chose hope. I chose to be bigger and better than my demons. I don’t think this battle will ever be “over” but I’m definitely winning it. I might stumble and fall but I get back up. I fight. Every day I wake I am fighting to be a better me, a …
Authenticity of Mental Health
I don’t fake being sick. I fake being well. I do it for society’s benefit. I do it for the people who don’t believe in, or who judge, mental illness. I plaster a smile on when I feel like crying. I put on my mask. I try my best. The sad thing is if I …
Empty Cup
“Sure, I’ll do that for you. Yeah course, I don’t mind sitting up til 2am counselling you. Don’t you worry, I’ll put that kettle on and be your sounding board” I DO NOT mind doing the above. In fact, it takes me away from my own problems and I will freely give you my time, …
Glamorising Mental Health
Bulimia isn’t a tragic young girl with her head hung over a toilet looking beautiful. It’s a puffed, miserable face with vomit dripping from the chin and a nose bleed. Anorexia isn’t a slim figure shyly refusing a cupcake. It’s getting Hair across your malnourished and freezing body. Depression isn’t a model with mascara stains …
World Mental Health Day 2017
It is so lovely to see my Facebook and Instagram newsfeed filled with so much awareness for World Mental Health Day. It is people like you who are breaking down the barriers of the stigma of mental health. It is people like you that are making a difference! It is people like you who are …
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 …
The Warrior Within 