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3 March 2021

ADHD ● depression ● learning difficulties ● medication ● personal story ● stress ● therapy

Attention to inattention, and how I found out about ADHD

Attention to inattention, an advice heard since elementary school, but which I would never have put down to a developmental atypicality - a phrase that intimidates and prevents the acceptance of an obvious reality: at least 1 in 10 people is diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, formerly publicized by American society as...
Scale with "happiness" written next to 50-70 kg

4 February 2021

bulimia ● personal story ● relationships ● self-care ● stress ● eating disorders

The obsession with the perfect body. From dieting to bulimia.

In hindsight, I was never a child with weight problems. I started becoming aware of my body in primary school, around 7-8 years old. When puberty kicked in and my breasts started to grow, I really went crazy...

4 December 2020

personal story ● relationships ● therapy ● trauma ● personality disorders ● PTSD ● anxiety ● borderline

Borderline – with one foot always at war

Manipulators. Chaotic. Unstable. Irrational. Hypersensitive. Extreme. Toxic. This is what they call us. People think we're unlovable. They try to keep their distance from us so that we don't destroy them, or perhaps push them out of their comfort zone...