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well, everyone reads those blogs, stories and news about how low self esteem is damaging and very common whether generally, on what is considered beauty or when your dumped and you...
Posted by
DearYouSincerelyMe05th Feb 2014
I sat in my car, dumbstruck, wondering whether to just continue on to work, or if there was suddenly some seismic shift in me since I set out for my assessment appointment that mor...
Posted by
AEJ196704th Feb 2014
Two and a half years ago I begun to feel depressed. Nothing happened, there was no reason for me to be depressed. Everyone told me I had the perfect life, everyone was jealous of m...
Posted by
ellieh31st Jan 2014
It Doesn't Have To Be That Way...
Crumpled paper on the ground. Broken. Damaged. Wilted. Ignored. Devoid of all hope, all joy, all recognition. A stranger looking back from the mir...
Posted by
NeuroticNelly31st Jan 2014
This week I have come across what can only described as 'hatred' for people with Borderline Personality Disorder. It shocked me. Don't get me wrong, years ago, before I was diagnos...
Posted by
AEJ196730th Jan 2014
I was in my thirties when I finally (better late than never!) found out that it was my reaction to food chemicals that caused my depression and anxiety.
Previously, my whole life I...
Somehow, because I wasn't stick thin, because I was chubby and disgusting, I felt as if I hadn't earnt the title "Eating Disorder". Like I was a fake. Pathetic. I would frantically...
Posted by
chelseasummer9330th Jan 2014
The weather has been crappy and cold. It feels more like the Antarctic rather than the USA. I have been feeling a little overwhelmed and tired. I would like to get out and take a w...
Posted by
NeuroticNelly29th Jan 2014
I could use a little sleep each night, instead I go for walks and being drawn to my local cemetery where I'll sit until 4 in the morning. I try to be logic but all my logic's have ...
Posted by
Kentboy127th Jan 2014
I started writing about my mental health struggles in 2010, when I was still reeling from finding out that my 'emotional issues' had a name and could be understood by someone outsi...
Posted by
AEJ196725th Jan 2014