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Tag: breakdown

Another Psychosis, Another Involuntary Section

Another ID wristband—tethered to this earth only by name and number. Another locked room—unopenable from the inside, trapped in terror. … More

breakdown, hospital, love, mental health, mental illness, poem, poems, poet, poetry, psychosis, relationships, writers, writing

“Strong and Sturdy”

CW/TW: suicidal ideation. The grotesque irony of realising that you do indeed need to be hospitalised for your own safety … More

BPD, breakdown, depression, hospital, mental health, mental illness, poetry, prose poem, prosetry, self harm, suicidality, suicide, writing

Baby Boy

cw/tw: drug abuse, suicidal ideation, graphic description of imagined death The last time I walked this far I was a … More

BPD, breakdown, cats, death, drug abuse, grief, mental health, mental illness, pandemic, pets, poem, poetry, suicidality, suicide, writers, writing

Wild Horses

You mix my medication into a pot of vanilla yoghurt and instruct me on how to eat. Open. Come on. … More

breakdown, CNF, creative non fiction, memoir, mental illness, prose, real life, relationships, short prose, writing

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Free-written 2 weeks after I had a psychotic break last year The middle-aged Italian woman across the way is at … More

breakdown, city life, community, diary, free writing, home, life, mental health, neighbours, prose, relationships, short prose, writing

Two Thousand and Nineteen

JANUARY NYE was disastrous: a big fight and an unforgivable text message. Boyfriend dumped me. Nights wandering around the city, … More

2019, art, books, breakdown, depression, experience, hospital, life, mental health, mental illness, poetry, psychosis, sectioned, truth, writing

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Listen to me, bub: it’s important: I need you to live your life while I try to save my own. … More

books, breakdown, depression, journal, life, love, notebook, pain, reality, recovery, relationships, survival, truth, writing

April Meditations

Inspired by the 29th NaPoWriMo prompt to produce a poem that meditates, I used this poem to meditate on the … More

breakdown, chronic illness, family, hospital, life, meditation, mental illness, NaPoWriMo, NHS, poem, poetry, prompt, reflection, trauma, writing

Things That Have Made Me Cry Recently

An insight into a week in the life of a young woman with emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD/borderline personality disorder), … More

ADHD, borderline, BPD, breakdown, emotions, eupd, journal, life, list, mental health, mental illness, personality disorder, reality, writing

The Great Escape

Accidentally OD’d. Honestly, it was an accident. Remember going downstairs. Remember going out the door. Remember speaking to a man … More

blackout, breakdown, health, Hijacked Amygdala, hospital, life, memory, mental health, NHS, overdose, poem, poetry, psychiatric, writing

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