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 …
“Surviving the Spaces in Treatment: Self-care, Resilience and Hope”devamını oku
I recently touched on how painful the healing process can be; but now I also want to delve into the even lesser-seen patients and voice a small number of struggles that they may be additionally facing, a minority within the system, Medicinal Cannabis Patients. Two Taboos – Healing and Cannabis The difficulties in healing have …
“Medicinal Cannabis and the Emotional Complexity of Healing”devamını oku
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 …
“When Healing Feels Like Breaking: Embracing the Painful Journey”devamını oku
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 …
“How Trauma Stacking can Result In New Mental Health Diagnosis’ – Looking into EUPD”devamını oku
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 …
Cannabis and sexual health are both topics that are very much taboo in the society, despite how ‘open’ we think we may be, as soon as it passes the ‘joke’ level and turns into a serious conversation, many seem to shy away from delving deeper into the topics.Cannabis and the ECS should be provided as …
“Cannabis and Sexual Health: Breaking the Stigma”devamını oku
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 …
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 …
“Why I’m Done Apologising for My Mental Health: A Manifesto for Radical Self-Acceptance”devamını oku
On a Friday evening, 90% of my social media is filled with photos of very full glasses of wine with captions such as ‘finally’ ‘Friyay!’ and I know for a fact, because I’ve been in these situations uncountable times, that that glass of wine has been spoken about at least a dozen times that day. …
“Re-evaluating Our Social Drugs: Alcohol Privilege and Cannabis Prejudice”devamını oku
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 …
“Psychedelic and Dissociative Therapies: A New Frontier for PTSD Treatment”devamını oku
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 …
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 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. …
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 …
“My PTSD Journey: Trauma Stacking and the Trauma Tree”devamını oku
Since delving deeper into mental health I have learnt more about the ECS (Endocannabinoid System), trauma and adversity and the ACE study, so why not combine these into one blog and discuss my anecdotes also? We know that the ECS is a cell-signalling system that regulates many aspects of the body from sleep to appetite, …
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