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Why do we stay?

I wish there was an easy answer to this. For those of us who struggle, who want to leave, who don’t feel like we belong.

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How a plant, a cat and conversation brought me from the brink of a mental precipice

potofcallaloo May 9, 2021 2 Comments anxiety Depression grief love Mental health Mental Health Awareness Week nature therapy suicidal ideation suicide

Last June, at the height of the covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, I wanted to die. Quite suddenly, I had lost my Ma. Grief fed my…

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How not to lose your mind during the Coronavirus pandemic

potofcallaloo March 25, 2020 No Comments anxiety Coronavirus COVID-19 Depression pandemic

The Coronavirus is testing more than our resilience. It’s trying our humanity. My generation and many younger ones would not have experienced anything like it…

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Trauma retriggered

potofcallaloo December 12, 2019 2 Comments C-PTSD Depression Mental health mental health problems PTSD trauma

Right now I do not know what tomorrow holds but I’ve made it till now. I’ve plastered up the cracks and glued together the broken bits. That is a victory. Till the next day.

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Reasons to stay alive

potofcallaloo October 20, 2019 4 Comments cptsd Depression mental health problems pain PTSD stay alive suicidal thoughts suicide trauma

Some of us I think are prone to revisiting the same dark places. Maybe down to past traumas that stay with us, genes that we inherit or God knows what is responsible. I don’t actually think thoughts of suicide are uncommon.