Mental Health - Yasemin Çakır

Rebuilding After Breaking: My Journey Back to Work Amidst Mental Health Challenges

by Yasemin CakirMental Health November 13, 2024November 13, 2024Comments are Disabled

I’ve heard it dozens of times, uncountable times maybe… “It’s just a job, Yas!” but for me, that’s never been the case. School, work, any kind of self improvement has always been my greatest passion and motivator. It’s how I feel valuable, appreciated, loved and connected. It’s how I feel comfort.So, when I was without …

Surviving the Spaces in Treatment: Self-care, Resilience and Hope

by Yasemin CakirMental Health, MentalHealth October 29, 2024October 29, 2024Comments are Disabled

As I leave another appointment, despite being unbelievably grateful for the support I’m receiving, I’m left feeling shaky after the realisation that I will wait almost 10 days to see a professional again. I still have just under 48 hours for my trauma group, and although that’s a support system many don’t have, it still …

When Healing Feels Like Breaking: Embracing the Painful Journey

by Yasemin CakirMental Health October 23, 2024October 23, 2024Comments are Disabled

Many times I have touched on how healing isn’t a linear journey. Whether this be physical injuries, emotional trauma or mental health challenges, setbacks and doubts and the struggles throughout the process are rarely spoken of. One is seen to be in recovery and every day one is expected to progress; however this can often …

How Trauma Stacking can Result In New Mental Health Diagnosis’ – Looking into EUPD

by Yasemin CakirMental Health October 21, 2024October 21, 2024Comments are Disabled

Throughout my treatment journey, I am now finding myself awaiting the possible diagnosis EUPD, and whilst trying to make sense of it all, I find myself more and more able to expand on my own blogs, and this one I feel closely relates to Trauma Stacking. I will delve deeper into how Trauma Stacking can …

Compassion Fatigue: A Raw Look Into The Hidden Strain of Caring for Others While Struggling with Your Own Mental Health

by Yasemin CakirMental Health October 20, 2024October 20, 2024Comments are Disabled

Today, I will be delving into Compassion Fatigue, and how it affects those with responsibilities for others and the self-neglect and further mental health struggles this could lead to. I am a mother of a young child who has recently started school and although I was fortunate enough to be able to send him to …

The Duality of Suffering and Resilience

by Yasemin CakirMental Health October 15, 2024October 15, 2024Comments are Disabled

We’ve all heard the saying “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” and whilst I agree, I feel it’s half a sentence. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger in some circumstances, following immense pain, trauma, self-doubt, struggles with identity and broken bonds. At least in my situation… For me, the highest moments in my …

Why I’m Done Apologising for My Mental Health: A Manifesto for Radical Self-Acceptance

by Yasemin CakirMental Health October 12, 2024October 12, 2024Comments are Disabled

My personal journey with mental health first saw me pretending I didn’t have mental health problems and never bringing the subject up; to then only mentioning it to certain people I felt comfortable with, to shouting it from the rooftops and trying to educate everyone, to now reeling it back in and only mentioning it …

Psychedelic and Dissociative Therapies: A New Frontier for PTSD Treatment

by Yasemin CakirMental Health October 9, 2024October 9, 2024Comments are Disabled

Last year, I attended Product Earth, an expo event mainly focusing on natural wellness. From here on I gained valuable insight to the additional support that psychedelic options could provide, natural or synthetic and these emerging options are being researched to offer new hope for patients not responding to conventional approaches. With further research into …

Trauma-Informed Parenting

by Yasemin CakirMental Health October 7, 2024October 7, 2024Comments are Disabled

One of my biggest fears and triggers is how my young son will be impacted by my mental health crisis’. As what I would hope would be ‘all’ caregivers, I want only the best for my son and every action I take I try to think about what those words, those actions will mean to …

Read more “Trauma-Informed Parenting”

Understanding Anxiety, Depression and CPTSD: The Brain’s Response Explained Through the Hand Model

by Yasemin CakirMental Health October 7, 2024October 7, 2024Comments are Disabled

On a quest to prove holistic treatments necessity in healthcare and understand more about my body and how to help it better, I have delved further into the body and how it changes and responds to Anxiety, Depression and CPTSD. Anxiety, Depression and Complex PTSD, also known as CPTSD are all interrelated conditions which I’ll …

CBMP’s vs Traditional Medication

by Yasemin CakirMedicinal Cannabis, Mental Health September 29, 2024September 29, 2024Comments are Disabled

In 20 years, I’ve tried roughly the same amount of medications in an attempt to stabilise my conditions. While traditional pharmaceuticals have provided mixed results, medicinal cannabis has shown promise in addressing symptoms that other treatments failed to alleviate. In this post, I will share my journey and the pros and cons of both approaches. …

My PTSD Journey: Trauma Stacking and the Trauma Tree

by Yasemin CakirMental Health September 28, 2024September 28, 2024Comments are Disabled

In this blog I’m going to be covering two topics that I have gained further insight to via my trauma therapy group; trauma stacking and the trauma tree. I have decided to conduct more detailed research and share my anecdotes also. We have already discussed the ACE Study and I have mentioned that I have …

The ACE Study: How Childhood Trauma Affects Our Physical and Mental Health in Adulthood

by Yasemin CakirMental Health September 26, 2024September 26, 2024Comments are Disabled

During the mid 1990’s, the MD of Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, a US based Health Maintenance Organisation Vincent J. Felitti and MD of the CDC Dr. Robert Anda conducted a study with over 17.000 patients for a two year period to delve into 8 different potential categories of childhood/household instability or abuse to view …

A Raw Look at My Current Fight for Mental Wellness

by Yasemin CakirMental Health September 25, 2024September 25, 2024Comments are Disabled

Trigger Warning: This post discusses topics of mental health and suicide. If you are struggling with these issues, please reach out to a mental health professional or crisis hotline. Throughout the isolation of mental health struggles, this blog was written for myself… I cannot verbalise how lucky I feel that I am being given the …

How to Talk About Mental Health Without Stigma: A Guide for Friends, Family, and Healthcare Professionals

by Yasemin CakirMental Health September 17, 2024September 17, 2024Comments are Disabled

Stigma around mental health is pervasive, even in environments that are meant to provide care and support. As a healthcare professional and a person who has struggled with mental health issues, I’ve seen first-hand how this stigma impacts individuals seeking help. Patients often whisper their symptoms, minimise their struggles, or hesitate, sometimes even avoid asking …