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Hi everyone, my experience with mental health is as follows..
I started with panic attacks and agoraphobia in 2006 this i have been told was brought on by my job.
My illness lasted...
It was, ironically, going back to work that made me feel the most depressed about my redundancy.
It has taken some time but I have finally started to unravel my feelings. When I ac...
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This is no place to be. No way to live in the shadows. In the dark. Reaching for scraps that fall from the table and scratching your tongue on the floor as you lick them up in a ru...
If there's one thing I can't stand it is the statement, 'but he's still your father.' Honestly, anyone who has ever used this should take a step back and have a word with themselve...
Having PTSD feels like having brain damage. Your brain chooses a traumatic memory and plays it back, forcing you to re-experience it over and over again. It doesn't matter where yo...
Having PTSD feels like having brain damage. Your brain chooses a traumatic memory and plays it back, forcing you to re-experience it over and over again. It doesn't matter where yo...
Feeling a little better since the last blog.
Had a good session with my councellor on Monday. He's on my wavelength, which has really helped. Theres certain thoughts you think when...
I wake up suddenly at 4am, usual time, the sound of a church bell ringing in my head. I am sweating. I go downstairs to make a drink, the churchbell continually ringing. A tear rol...
So. After 3 weeks of not having had a single full-nights sleep, I started sleeping pills. Unfortunately, this has made my dissociation a lot worse. I've got scratch-marks all the w...
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It Was and Is A Daily Process.....
After the Postpartum OCD left, I was grateful to be alive and grateful to have a chance to raise my son. Thrilled even. However, the symptoms I w...