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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 [...]
Inevitably I have to begin roughly at the start. I was imprisoned inside four walls, it was an incarceration of my own making as I didn’t understand what was happening to me so I thought if I keep myself away I would be safe. I was wrong. The more I tried to separate myself from [...]
I became very ill with undiagnosed BPD Borderline personality Disorder when my children were 2, 11 and 15. My two older children chose not to see me and at their age, how could I force them. It left an emptiness in my life and I missed them terribly. Visitation of my youngest was decided by [...]
I don’t remember much of my childhood except that my mum beat me; I have learnt to block it out as it’s just too painful to remember. My mum has mental health problems; she has borderline personality disorder, manic depression, bipolar and mild schizophrenia. From birth I was beaten on a regular basis by my mum. [...]
7-00am- The alarm goes off. Usually I’ve been up for 10 minutes before it actually went off as Caitlyns jumping up and down on the bed. Dan takes the girls down stairs and brings me a cuppa and my pain killers. He will then give Caitlyn her breakfast Between 7-30am and 8-00am- I drag my [...]
Not sure if any of you noticed, but I’ve been missing from the blog for a few weeks (you probably didn’t because of all the fab content here to keep you going). I have not been well. It wasn’t a cold that struck me down, it was my head, and I’ve really struggled to regain [...]
After 7 years of seeing different therapists I’ve been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder (BPD). It may be weird, but it came as a major relief.
Before I start my post, I must first explain BPD, or Borderline Personality Disorder: Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a personality disorder described as a prolonged disturbance of personality function in a person (generally over the age of eighteen years, although it is also found in adolescents), characterized by depth and variability of moods.[n 1] [...]
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