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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...
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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...
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 ...
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...
I recently began writing as a way to process my past pain.
I wrote this within 5 minutes and when I read it back it still doesn't quite hit home that it was my reality as a child o...
Over the last ten years or so there have been a lot of initiatives to raise awareness of mental health issues in society and various organisations and institutions like hospitals, ...
It has now been almost 12 months to the day that I was discharged from a psychiatric hospital. This last year has undoubtedly been the best year of my life, and I have my stay in h...
I was told, not so long ago, by someone I used to consider a friend, that I am always blaming others for my situation – that I ‘fail to take responsibility’. I also had my ex tell ...
A weird feeling came over me recently. It took me a while to realise what it was, it felt so alien, so unfamiliar.
I was happy.
But this is a strange happiness. A realistic happine...