The day my mum tried to take her own life, I was viewing a house. I switched my phone on to silent whilst being shown around & chatting to the agent. When I came out I looked at my phone & I had 36 missed calls. I’ll always remember it was 36. I remember clearly … Continue reading 36 missed calls
Tag: Coping
What happens when your loved ones mental health causes your mental health?
So, you are dealing with a loved one with a severe mental illness. They have tried to take their life on 3 occasions, all with absolute intention to actually die (not a cry for help as it’s said) they survive, thankfully. They are sectioned on numerous occasions & their illness has been 11 years thus … Continue reading What happens when your loved ones mental health causes your mental health?
The after effects of a suicide attempt
Apart from all the ‘feelings’ a suicide attempt leaves loved ones with, what are the actual effects on the person who attempted it? Anyone who has attempted suicude & survived, has their own individual story. Even if two people have tried to take their lives in the same way, the lasting effects can be very … Continue reading The after effects of a suicide attempt
Tourette’s, ocd & me
From around the age of 11, every time I saw an old person I had to say “bless you” out loud because if I didn’t they would die. I was sitting on the top deck of a bus on the way to college one day & was looking out of the window at all the … Continue reading Tourette’s, ocd & me
Mental Illness & memories
I wish I could get inside my mums brain & have a little crawl about & explore what’s going on. I had a bad (horrific) back issue for 5 years, I remember thinking that I wished I could just open up the centre of my back & have a look to see what was … Continue reading Mental Illness & memories
What helps YOU get through a loved ones mental illness? Do you have guilt?
In the beginning I was constantly on auto pilot 👩✈️ it wasn’t by choice, it was just how my brain was deciding to manage it all. When you have a loved one trying to escape from the house, run into the road & harm themselves at every opportunity, being on auto pilot is all you can … Continue reading What helps YOU get through a loved ones mental illness? Do you have guilt?
Has your life driven you mad?
Have you ever had the feeling like someone has scribbled all over your brain? If not, just imagine your brain ticking along nicely, with clear thoughts, good head space & great perceptive & then all of a sudden thousands of tiny little brain people come out from their crevices armed with marker pens & scribble … Continue reading Has your life driven you mad?
Anxiety is for wimps
Fuck fuck fuck!!! fuck anxiety! FUCK IT!!! I never had anxiety before all this. I was pretty manic as that is my character but anxiety was something weak people had, not me. It was something I shamefully looked as an excuse or a cry for help but here I am sitting at my kitchen table … Continue reading Anxiety is for wimps
How mental health catches
Ok, so we all know Mental Ilness is not contagious right? Well in a literal sense it’s not, but what about the affect it has on those around the person with the an illness? I can tell you that over the past 11 years I have experienced some horrific side effects of having a poorly … Continue reading How mental health catches
The phone call to say mum had a poorly brain
(See previous post first) Conversations on the phone & email messages got more & more bizarre. Mum had always been a little bit of a feisty one,had a strong opinion & had always analysed things a bit too much. But this was different, this was more intense, more kinda verging on the side of obsessive. … Continue reading The phone call to say mum had a poorly brain
Mental health (poorly brain) 