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Emma – If the law was different our son Joe would still be alive. Joe was our only son. Last August he was arrested after failing a breath test. He was just seventeen and made a bad decision to drive home after a party. Two days later Joe took his own life. We found him [...]
Yes I look OK, yes I act OK. But you don’t see the fucked up mess behind the fake smile. I have no clue about who or what I am. I am a jumbled, mixed up concoction of fake and reality. If there is a Jekyll and Hyde then I am he. I am good [...]
Another night and I am unable to sleep, my mind is in overdrive despite my medication being doubled in strength last week. At my last appointment with my shrink, he made a note that I need to claim DLA. I explained I had claimed it it last year, was refused so accepted that. I did [...]
My name is Arriebelle. I was born premature. I was also born with a disability called 22Q. I was not able to walk or talk until I was (4) My dad was in & out of my life, mostly out . I could not breath so well I had to have heart surgery . I almost [...]
If I Am Diagnosed With Bipolar Will I Be On Medication For Life? This was the main question I had yet never dared ask. I was afraid of the outcome. I made it clear at the very first appointment I had with my community psychiatric nurse when we spoke about trust, as I struggle to trust people. While he [...]
So off I went to an emergency appointment last week with my CPN and psychiatrist I had been pretty manic for a number of weeks and showing no signs of stopping this rollercoaster. The CPN thought it best I was seen and so this appointment was made. I was rather enjoying my mania episode and the spoil sports decided [...]
I am so very proud of myself. Usually I dread when the kids get invited to birthday parties as I know my anxiety normally means I make excuses to why they can not go. But this time I thought come on Emma, your working so hard and you can do this and I did it. [...]
“Silver Linings Playbook” a fictional movie about the impact of mental illness on on a former teacher is nominated for eight Oscars. From the reviews I have read I suspect this is a very good movie and plan on seeing it soon. Many of those who actually suffer with mental illnesses that have seen it [...]
I watched an interesting Twitter conversation this evening, when a community mental health nurse suggested mental health workers should promote a smoke free environment around their clients. Nurse With Glasses who wrote the 20 Commandments for Mental Health workers and a lady I admire. I often read her tweets and this one caught my eye. Should Mental Health [...]
Self harming, cutting up, bloodletting, tearing up, slashing. All names for drawing blood with a object on your body. In medical circles its widely thought to be attention seeking, and is treated as such which means the root cause and the underlying problem are not dealt with and so the self harm continues. I was [...]
I had my son when I just turned nineteen, I was single and had no real relationship with his father. I dropped out of college and rented a little flat where I lived on benefits. My parents lived four miles away at the time and I had a few friends but they were all still [...]
Back last year in January 2012 my boyfriend was on cannabis and had been for years but he ended up getting schizophrenia over it. One night he put a knife to mine and my sons throat and threatened to kill us cause something in his head was telling him he was going to loose us, then few [...]
I opened my email this morning, as I do every morning and was rather shocked to find this email in question sat in my inbox. I am not sure what post this reader has read, as he states I ask “Can a bipolar have kids”. I am bipolar and I do have 6 children, so [...]
I was 13 and desperate to be heard but I didn’t know how, what started as a cry for help ended up as a suicide attempt and I’m glad I did it at school because if I’d done it at home I’d be dead! It was a normal day at school, or so everyone would [...]
After the Newtown (CT) school shootings, Internet forums were invaded by angry protesters demanding to know what psychiatric drugs Adam Lanza was on. The message was very clear. Although a radical gun control law was needed, the REAL question was about the mental health of the shooters. Were these meds actually causing the suicidal thoughts [...]
Suicidal ideation is something not many have heard of. Today a brave lady shares her own experience of suicidal thoughts with the blog today in the hope of helping others out, who can relate. I’ve never been an active, dynamic, glass-half-full kinda person. I’m cynical, stoic, and so lazy I’ve been compared to a sloth [...]
Emma contacted me on Twitter and asked if I would tweet out a link to the video she has made to raise awareness of mental health. I thought I would go one better and write a blog post for her. Emma only a young girl yet one who has had to grow up fast, bravely [...]
OK OK so I screwed up, yes I know I have done it again. I stopped taking my meds as I thought I was doing quite well without them and yes I was until the front door opened yesterday yet nobody else saw it open. The psychosis had returned as I have not been eating or sleeping properly maybe [...]
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