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Each month we are encouraging our bloggers to write about a themed topic. July's theme is anxiety.
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My name’s Lizzi and I want to tell you why I got involved in psychosis and bipolar research.
A few years ago I supported a friend through a period of serious mental ill-healt...
I wrote here a few days ago when I was in a lot of emotional pain. I'm still here although sometimes I wonder how the hell I manage it. I've had some flashbacks and intrusive thoug...
Where do I start? I always thought I was 'normal' but it seems I'm not, I don't really know how long I've been depressed, all I know is that since the early part of this year depre...
So today I'm in the doldrums. My ex husband brought his new girlfriend to the house we still own in Italy. Two weeks ago. And told me he was alone. But the neighbours have told me ...
I've been seeing a psychologist for some time now and working really hard at each session and between sessions. It reached a point where it was going to be necessary for me to reli...
Talking about mental health is important.
As I write this post, I have Placebo playing in the background on my laptop. Music, reading and writing has become a large comfort to me. ...
SELF HARM:
Self harming, no matter HOW you do it, is an ADDICTION.
Like any other addiction, it takes hold of you, it finds your weakness and it takes your life, it sucks the soul ...
So today I have woken up in someone else's bed after a drunken episode that I vaguely remember. I remember talking lots I always do when I'm drunk. I have an alter ego and she come...
'Fragmented' is a word that comes frequently into my mind. Now, as I write, Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto plays the beautiful Adagio, it is 11.15pm and I feel relatively peacefu...
Following my second session of CBT, a chance to take stock what what I have learned and what I hope to achieve.
Firstly though, let’s address a couple of important issues.
*What Is...
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