Over the past year, I have walked through a darkness I once believed I would never find my way out of.This letter is written to myself — the version of me who was still lost in the thick of it — and to anyone who may be standing in their own storm right now.I’m not …
Every morning, I wake up, follow my routine, and head to work. On the outside, I’m functioning like anyone else but in reality, since my EUPD diagnosis, I’ve been questioning: Are these feelings mine, or just my mental health talking? Struggling with the Diagnosis – It’s Not Glamorous I used to think I hated life …
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I have discussed medicinal cannabis and I have discussed mental health. I have spoken about the stigma around both, but not the stigma around mental health patients compared to all other patients when medicinal cannabis specifically, is involved. Being a patient has its own difficulties, and I’m not stating anyone has it ‘easier’ than anyone …
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The long awaited moment came, and now I can formally state that I have the diagnosis of anxiety, depression, complex PTSD, ADD and EUPD. I didn’t sleep very well, with the worry of my diagnosis/medication review. My team have been amazing and I wish I could give names but for now, I’ll just state that …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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