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16 June 2021

PTSD ● autism ● borderline ● depression ● relationships ● reviews ● therapy ● bipolar disorder ● personality disorders

3 Netflix shows you can watch to better understand mental illness

After my first time in a psychiatric hospital, I was always curious to know and understand as much as possible about what it means to have and live with a mental illness, to see other people or characters who are going or have gone through something similar, in order to manage to find comfort...

4 December 2020

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

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...
©Brittany England

3 April 2020

personal story ● therapy ● trauma ● bipolar disorder ● personality disorders ● self harm ● depression

Me and mental disorders: a story about stigma, diagnoses, and recovery

I've been hearing pretty much all my 20-something life 'think positive' or 'stop thinking negative' or 'if you think negative that's all you'll attract'. Sure, it's easy enough for a 'normal' person to push away less pleasant thoughts, but what about someone who tries and tries again and again and fails...