3 ways I deal with suicidal thoughts
[TW: This post talks about suicidal thoughts in detail, so please take care.] I deal with my suicidal thoughts in three ways by looking...
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Jan 22, 2019
Words Can Hurt Me... I'm Like An Open Wound
There are some days when everything hurts. Marsha Linehan, the psychologist who created Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, wrote that people...
Jan 5, 2019
BPD & Happy Relationships
When I was first diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder, I had no confidence in my ability to have a happy relationship. If you...
Jan 3, 2019
Yoga & my BPD
[This post mentions self-harm and suicidal thoughts. I also write about trauma, including sexual trauma, so please take care] For years,...
Dec 29, 2018
'Riding the wave' of painful emotions
*This post mentions self-harm and suicidal thoughts* I am writing this from the middle of a wave of extremely uncomfortable emotions. I...
Dec 27, 2018
DBT skills my way!
*This post mentions self-harm so please take care* There are many (possibly infinite!) ways to do DBT skills and most, if not all, DBT...
Dec 16, 2018
BPD in the festive season
I am in the best place I have ever been with my BPD. I have an understanding of what works for me and what doesn't. I have supportive...
Dec 13, 2018
Chronic physical pain
I don't talk about it much, but I am often in physical pain. This is due to tension and it feels tight and painful across my upper back,...
Dec 10, 2018
Not being able to get a GP appointment
For the last year and a half, I have not been able to see a GP when I have needed to. That is not an exaggeration. Not being able to get...
Dec 2, 2018
Emotions on full volume
[TW this post mentions suicidal thoughts] Sometimes everything feels too much. This is because my emotions are always on full volume. I...
Nov 20, 2018
A Day in my Life with BPD
*TW This post mentions self-harm and suicidal thoughts* By offering this fictionalised account of a day in my life I hope to give a...
Nov 5, 2018
How nintendo animal crossing helps me with my BPD
*TW This post talks about self-harm and suicidal thoughts* Earlier this year, I was introduced to the Animal Crossing video game series...
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