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TRIGGER WARNING: Some discussion of childhood sexual, emotional and physical abuse
I am an adult child - my parents are elderly and infirm. As a family we face the same issues as a...
Posted by
AEJ196725th Mar 2014
My toughest day so far came on 16th February...and I hadn’t even run a single mile.
You could say attempting to run around the world is a little over ambitious. Perhaps...
I held off writing this blog for a few days as I wasn't in a particularly good place mentally and wanted some perspective.
There is usually a theme or a message, something I want t...
Posted by
dirkgently106623rd Mar 2014
I wish...
...I was still five years old, with nothing more to worry about than what toy I would play with...
...I had joined the school football team...
...I had paid more attentio...
Posted by
dirkgently106619th Mar 2014
And so an emotional week draws to a close.
I wasn't sure that I wanted to write this blog at all. In some respects, I said everything I wanted to say in the eulogy. And yet, I find...
Posted by
dirkgently106616th Mar 2014
It seems that more and more cuts are being made such a great worry to people suffering ill mental health.
My last visit was once again by a junior doctor i am never fortunate enoug...
Posted by
Debsss16th Mar 2014
Some days, regardless of paranoia, it seems the whole world is out to get me. The depth of sensitivity of the BPD person cannot be overstated. Hence, when some sleight or unintende...
Posted by
AEJ196711th Mar 2014
Our mental wellbeing is something that we take for granted. We do not ever imagine that one day, for whatever reason, we might find ourselves not mentally healthy. Maintaining our ...
Posted by
lizzie.coopersmith07th Mar 2014
Hello SANE readers.
It was self-harm awareness day last week, so I thought I'd do a little blog on Self-Harm for the SANE website and explore my experiences with SH, in the hope th...
I suffer from depression and anxiety which has made parts of my life very difficult to face. Even though I have had the condition since I was a teenager due to being bullied I want...