Prepare To Be Shocked, Reduced To Tears Yet Amazed & Inspired
“A man’s illness is his private territory and, no matter how much he loves you and how close you are, you stay an outsider.” Accepting help from others is a challenge that anyone who has experienced mental illness, I am sure will agree with me, is difficult. “I can do this alone, I [...]
Living With Someone Who Has Mental Illness; Relationships Torn Apart We met online after I had escaped an eleven year abusive marriage, I was manic, no questions asked. I was suffering greatly from mental illness yet life was fantastic, but in the midst of it all it wasn’t. Not really. I had packed up three children [...]
“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 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 [...]
My names Shelley and I’m a 21yr old mother to a beautiful baby girl. Reading your blog was like seeing everything I’m feeling written down. I was beginning to think I had schizophrenia or some social mental disorder. I feel so much better knowing what it is and where to go from here. I was [...]
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 [...]
I belong to several support groups on the internet for my various psychological disorders. Recently, in one of these groups, someone posted a question along the lines of… Is it harder to have Agoraphobia when you have children? I gave a short response, based on the fact that I’ve been Agoraphobic for ten years, and [...]
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 [...]
It has taken me years to recognise that as a child (and then as a teen and then as an adult) I suffered recurring bouts of depression. I think the thing was that I never did any of the ‘classic’ cries for help – I didn’t truant, I didn’t do drugs or alcohol, I didn’t [...]
When I was finally labelled back in November 2009 I felt my world crash to the ground. That was it for me, the dreams and the aspirations for the future were all snatched away for me. That label placed upon me stripped away everything I had worked so hard to achieve. I was a label [...]
I want to introduce you to a good friend of mine who I met on Twitter. This tweeter has been a huge support to me over the last few days and has given up his time to be there when I needed to rant and rave about certain things. He understands me, can relate to me and [...]
I have suffered with depression since the age of 13, does depression ever go away? I don’t personally believe it does, not completely; more that it sits in the background waiting to strike again. While I now suffer bipolar depressive moods, it does have some similarities to what you expect with depression. It still [...]
I stand here today and wonder how and when I got here. Looking back over the last 3 years of my life at least, I have actually surprised myself and am slowly but surely starting to accept that yes I am strong, stronger than I ever believed possible. 19 years ago I was introduced [...]
How Do You Explain The Pain Of A Mental Illness? How do you explain the pain of a mental illness, I can’t yet it hurts so much. My head feels like it’s been hit by a hammer and my heart has been ripped into a thousand little pieces, I don’t have faith in myself [...]
Bipolar Person – Yes I Am One Of Them “Emma I had no idea you were a bipolar person”, a women I have known for years said to me the other day. “You don’t look like one”. This woman has children similar ages to mine and we pass each other regularly at the school or [...]
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. [...]
Tots 100 Monthly Book Review For Tesco – Madness: A Bipolar Life This month I thought I would share my own thoughts on the many many books I read, I am an avid reader and as such have a wide range of books. Today I would like to share with the last book I [...]
I was sat in the doctor’s surgery a few days ago now and a so called friend or lets say some snotty women who I know from our kids being in the same class at school came in and took the seat next to me. She made small talk and I nodded and smiled [...]
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