My Story. We grow up thinking everything happens for a reason. Truer words have not been spoken. In late February of this year, whilst in an Acute Mental Health Ward, I tried for the first time in my life to commit suicide. I have run all of my life, from everyone, from everything, and the plain truth of the matter is, that all these years of … [Read more...] about Suicide – You Can’t Press Restart and Get Another Life
Depression – Dancing With The Devil
Its been three months since my breakdown, and not much has changed, except I have managed to stay out of hospital. Yesterday I had an appointment with my out-patients psychiatrist, who just asked the question, 'How are you really Dee?' Instantly I looked down, looked at the ceiling, looked at the walls, hoping she would say something, … [Read more...] about Depression – Dancing With The Devil
Acute Mental Health Ward – My First Ever Visit
On the 25th February, 2016 I was admitted to an Acute Mental Health Unit in Queensland Australia. I spent three weeks in hospital and have been back at home for about four weeks. I have decided after launching my website, earlier this year, that I would start writing again and share this experience, the treatment and day to day of what … [Read more...] about Acute Mental Health Ward – My First Ever Visit
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – Your Life In Blinding Flashes
I was first diagnosed with PTSD about six years ago. Now, I know what it is and understand how it works. I have been battling it for decades. Along with a good unhealthy dose of chronic depression. PTSD and depression...it's like having twins. It seems to me you can't have one without the other. They both know how to push your buttons, and … [Read more...] about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – Your Life In Blinding Flashes
Self Harm – I Am My Own Worst Enemy
I am a professional self harmer. I call myself this because it has only been in the last two years that anybody has known this about me. It was one of my big fat secrets. I was in a ten year marriage, and my husband nor any of my new family at the time, had any idea what I was doing to myself. Telling somebody that you self harm is a huge … [Read more...] about Self Harm – I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Eating Disorders – Food Glorious Food
My Story. Over 70 million people in the world suffer from an eating disorder. That means there are 70 million family’s directly impacted by this epidemic. I would like to acknowledge family’s at this point, because they bare the worry of watching their loved one binge, starve or purge their way into a very controlled, very depressive … [Read more...] about Eating Disorders – Food Glorious Food
Self Image – How Others See You
Being the age I am, I was born into a world that had no television, no computers. Women were homemakers and men earned a living. Women were pretty much not taken too seriously. A man was happy to have their woman at home cooking and cleaning and raising the children. Then years later, along came the television, the mobile phone, the … [Read more...] about Self Image – How Others See You
Depression – My Never Ending Story
Depression for me is like a deep sea dive. I start out with my toes on the edge of my world. It’s a perfect day…you know that day - the birds are singing, the sun is shining and the promise of hope that anything can happen. I point my fingers to the sky and launch into the most beautiful, perfect dive. Olympic judges would stand-up to show my … [Read more...] about Depression – My Never Ending Story
