MENTAL HEALTH
Such is the stigma of mental illness
“Did you really have a nervous breakdown? You seem fine to me.” Yep, someone actually said that to me. Did I really have a breakdown? No, I just decided to […]
No, it’s NOT peri-menopause!
You’ve had a nervous breakdown and are recovering slowly but surely. You’re doing okay – making progress, slipping back, making progress again – but certain people’s comments aren’t helping. In […]
Mind Over Matter
My world fell apart when I had my second nervous breakdown but at the time I remember thinking that, rather than seeing it as an obstacle, I’d see it as […]
I hate hot weather – don’t I?
My nervous breakdown has changed my life in a weird way.Have you heard of those people who wake up from a coma and can speak a foreign language that they […]
Feeling like a nuisance around other people
(I wrote this when I was suffering from depression around 15 months into my recovery from a severe nervous breakdown)One thing I’ve learned during the recovery from my nervous breakdown […]
Just how awkward is this going to be?
(I wrote this when I was suffering from depression around 15 months into my recovery from a severe nervous breakdown).You’re facing people for the first time since you suffered a […]
Why my nervous breakdown is my best friend
As I struggle to recover from a severe nervous breakdown I realise that, rather than being a cruel enemy that’s holding me down, my breakdown’s nothing more than a protective […]
It’s okay to be fragile
If there’s one thing I’m not scared of it’s being honest about life’s struggles, including showing a side of myself that others might regard as fragile.Human character traits are fascinating […]
The symptoms of a nervous breakdown
A nervous breakdown rarely happens overnight – it takes a long time to spiral all the way down to rock bottom. And that’s the good news: there’s plenty of time […]