Prepare To Be Shocked, Reduced To Tears Yet Amazed & Inspired
I will never get used to seeing myself in magazines, its the second time in 3 months and still its rather weird when you buy one of your regular magazines and there you are staring out of the page. Nakita on the other hand loves it. I am very proud of my daughter and her somewhat [...]
I would hate to be my husband, a friend of mine or even a family member. I know all too well that I am not the easiest person to live with or be around, hell I don’t even like me sometimes. I don’t mean to be off, sharp or rude with people, its generally [...]
I am often asked how to help someone with a Mental Illness. Feelings of frustration and that of being useless are often felt. The first thing to remember is that you cannot take away the mental illness or ease it. If your loved one is battling a mental illness or has been newly diagnosed then it is a [...]
“Mum don’t you love us anymore” were the words that became the turning point for me. I had hidden away my deepest and darkest thoughts for the previous two years and as a result the effects that my mental health were having upon my children were devastating. I was damaging my children because I was [...]
I’m waving to stop from drowning I come from a long line of mentally ill people, on both my Mother and Father’s side. They chose to calm with alcohol, drugs and whatever else took their mind off what was going on inside their heads. I was first handed medication when I was a few months [...]
As a parent, you want your teen to be happy and healthy, and have a long, full life. You probably do not want to think about the possibility of his life ending when he is young. Unfortunately, teen suicide is a fact of life that we cannot pretend does not exist. There are some ways [...]
Today I was asked a question that nobody has ever asked me before “If it were possible to take your bipolar away, would you”. I answered without hesitating; its only now half an hour later I smile at the reply I gave, the answer was No, no I would not cure my bipolar. Two years [...]
There is something quite surreal about being up in the air and as I sat gazing out of the window the only things that surrounded me were clouds. I had no idea if I enjoyed flying; I was 14 when I last flew. But here I was taking 4 aeroplane journeys in 24 hours and [...]
So I spent an amazing three weeks living in Bondi, Sydney a five minute walk from Bondi Beach and have been home 2 days now and whoa what a shock in the weather. Tuesday I was sunbathing in the 100s and three days later I have my thermals on! I have had an amazing time [...]
It took a friend to tell me I had a problem. For years I shut myself away, kept my daughter by my side, scared that she would leave me. I always assumed people with post-natal depression felt withdrawn from their child, mine was the complete opposite, I have learnt now that this too, is also [...]
Who am I? It’s something I struggle with every single day of my life. I’ve been this or that for so long now that somewhere amongst the stereo typical labels I detest so much I’ve kind of gotten lost. I’m a mother, that’s the most important part of myself, the most wonderful thing in the [...]
I took an overdose again on Saturday, this was once again triggered by my tormentor the person I call Mum. I should never have answered the phone to her or played the voice mail she left. She asked why I couldn’t be there for her as ‘I am her best friend’ ,that’s the problem I don’t see [...]
I have to admit that I can be somewhat of an ostrich sometimes. When a situation starts becoming a little too real I prefer to bury my head in the sand. I’ll come out later- when the coast is clear. This time, however, there was no hiding from our problems. It was time to face the monster [...]
“In time we hate that which we often fear.” ― William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra Three years ago I was in such a dark place, I was not living, I was mere an existence of former myself. I felt alone and the company I kept was in the form of voices that spoke to me [...]
I have had a spiritual reading and my cards read by the very talented Terssa Welsh who is a psychic medium. It is a very personal reading but as I share my secrets and fear with you all here on the blog, I thought you may like to read what the future holds for me [...]
I can only assume that someone stole my mind, I have no memory of when it happened. That’s the part I struggle desperately to find, that time, those days, weeks, months even years that I have lost along the way. I have no recognition of my childhood and it saddens me when friends talk [...]
I have been asked on a number of occasions about bipolar and pregnancy and I can only say that I was already 4 months pregnant when I was diagnosed with bipolar. Because of the pregnancy I refused to take medication and although the pregnancy was a sheer nightmare I would do it all over again. [...]
Is depression a disability? I believe it is. Any condition either a physical or mental one that prevents a person from doing normal day to day tasks is a disability in my eyes. What is a disability? It is a physical or mental condition that limits a person’s movements, senses, or activities. There are various [...]
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