This is me! Today is 20th May 2020 and we’re currently midway through the initial lockdown down to Covid-19. I’m not saying I’m always smiling like this, but much more often than not these days. I still have borderline personality disorder/ emotional unstable personality disorder and generalised anxiety disorder, and I’m still here, here’s why!… Continue reading Sarah now with BPD
Month: May 2020
“I’m proud of you”
Is it just me or are there still people out there yearning for this? I never felt like the one who made people proud. I've always come with trouble, baggage and problems. I've always been a bit of a black sheep, but I'm not a bad person, I'm just needy. Since the day I was… Continue reading “I’m proud of you”
How to support someone with mental health illness
Call and text them regulatory, even they don't reply. Physical contact such as hugs is so important Thoughtfulness Try to get them out Offer a cosy night in They need to talk Don't judge Try not to make it better
“The lady gave you permission to break her fish”
Excuse my for the rather bizarre title of this blog, but having witnessed the conversation, and I was the lady in question, I had to share it. We've come away for a few days to my sisters caravan by the sea. It has bitter sweet memories for us all so we decided to go ahead… Continue reading “The lady gave you permission to break her fish”
Purposeful Plastics 🌈
We want to protect our planet and make it safer for everyone, but this protection has to start somewhere, and our young people are our future. You can sign here 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 Purposeful Plastics Petition My daughter wrote to Theresa May last year and now we are working together to campaign for purposeful plastics education in… Continue reading Purposeful Plastics 🌈
Today was tough
(13th October 2019... clearly very tough, I wanted to share this draft of where I was at) So today I started the process of dealing with the tough stuff, the stuff I
A year in view (summer 2019)
The last time I felt like this was January, before my therapy was due to start and I wrote a few notes here I'm feeling different, drained, tired, I don't want to go out, I want to stay home and I can feel it's getting worse. The triggers are firing at me like little pellets… Continue reading A year in view (summer 2019)
Find Friends
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Almost 5 years coming to an End: In recovery
Written November 2019 Today I visited my psychiatrist for the first time in a year. It turns out after my discharge from therapy last month, they didn't even think I needed to see them as I had done so well. So I ended up seeing a prescribing mental health nurse, I think, there's so many… Continue reading Almost 5 years coming to an End: In recovery
Today the rain hurt my head. Can you imagine?
(Written December 2018) I woke up to an average day, not feeling my best, but ok. I looked around my bedroom and could see yesterday had not been great either. A Clear room might not equal clear mind but it helps. As one daughter headed out of the door, and the other was in bed… Continue reading Today the rain hurt my head. Can you imagine?