I’m not going to sit here and tell you that loving someone who lives with bipolar disorder is an easy task. It will be very challenging, sometimes you will get hurt, sometimes you will feel angry, frustrated and even borderline hate for the person. You will need...
It goes without saying that anything that weakens your body can also have a negative effect on your mind. One of the biggest struggles that people who live with mental health problems have with illness is the depressive/anxious thoughts that occur more frequently when the...
Jan
The other day I had to go to my doctors clinic to get some paperwork that I needed for an extension form for one of my university essays (I'm currently studying for my PGCE). Now, you'd think this would be a straight forward visit; I've...
Dec
I feel sick, the world is vibrating around me, or maybe it’s my head vibrating, but it's so hard it feels like it's going to split my skull in two and my brain is going to pour out onto the floor. I hate to make...
Dec
The other day I cried. People tell you that to cry is a normal human behaviour, everybody cries and it’s nothing to be ashamed of. This is absolutely true, though I haven’t always been open to crying, I used to see it as a weakness and...
Oct
I didn’t take my quetiapine tablet the other night as I had to get up in the morning and I’d stayed up late in the night. Consequently, I only ended up having about 2 hours sleep, of which most of it I think I was...
Sep
“You are the harbinger of death Kara Thrace, you will lead them to their end. End of line.” They say everybody has the devil inside them, that chaotic, destructive force that fights to take control over the purity of your soul. Most people will never know...