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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Tag: mental health problems
Reasons to stay alive
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.
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Monsters – World Poetry Day 2019
I am and will be the ‘Me’ that never was imagined.I am the ‘Me’ that’s emerged from the ashes of pain.
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World Mental Health Day 2018: Young people and mental health in a changing world
despite the stigma and whatever challenges remain, I have never felt stronger or more hopeful. And it is because now I know I am not alone.
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When living is hard …RIP Avicii
For some of us, it is because we are searching…searching for something, some place that we are not quite sure of or how to get to. And sometimes it is because some of us have never managed to be truly happy.
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Who’s listening? The extraordinary happened to me
This was supposed to be a post of how unfeasible many of our GP practices are run the the UK. But instead, something extraordinary happened…
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The messy side of mental health problems : what the media & campaigns don’t show
I was surprised to find myself largely neutral to the widespread mental health campaigns being run to raise awareness. I’ve seen many of these, encouraging…
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“I want someone normal” he said, “without mental health issues”
A ‘wink’ had come in from a popular dating website. For the uninitiated in online dating, this is an indication of interest from someone. I clicked…
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You’re hanging from a fragile thread, ready, wanting and willing to let go and then someone opens their mouth to ridicule you or hurt you just because they can.
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