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Tag: cognition

Cross Words

Across 1. You’ve got all of the clues 2. I’ve even filled in 3. Some of the answers for you … More

cognition, experimental, Hijacked Amygdala, life, madness, mental illness, notebook, personality disorder, poem, poetry, relationships, truth, writing

What’s Up, Doc?

Note: Nothing written below is any good. Which is a shame because this is my 1,000th post and I wanted … More

bollocks, BPD, cognition, DBT, death, diary, eupd, fear, grief, lithium, love you, meds, miss you, psychiatry, psychology, recovery, writing

260815

I have so much to write. This is not it. This post, this is not it. I need to write … More

blogging, Brain, cognition, creativity, emotions, ideas, manic depression, mental health, mental illness, personality disorder, psychiatry, psychology, science, stop this, thinking, thoughts, writing, wtf

No Sex For The Wicked

Days sober: 15. I am feeling low this evening. I am tearful and tired. My thoughts have largely been focused on ex-lovers … More

#655321, addiction, alcohol, bipolar, borderline, BPD, Brain, cognition, diary, fear, journal, loneliness, memories, memory, mood, personality disorder, psychology, remembering, sadness, sex, sober, writing, wtf

Analyse This

[TW: suicide] I had a dream about you last night. This is not a rare occurrence. Though I try to … More

analysis, beauty, cognition, creative writing, death, depression, dream interpretation, dreams, ex's, forgiveness, Freud, health, heartbreak, help, I'm sorry, love, love you, memories, mental health, mental illness, miss you, nightmares, perfection, psychoanalysis, sadness, sleep, suffering, suicide, support, unhappy, writing

200315

My mind is out of control, constantly spinning in the wildest of directions to far flung destinations that only the … More

anger, anxiety, bipolar, BPD, Brain, change, cognition, cognitive, health, heart, heartbreak, heartbroken, horoscope, life, love, memories, mental health, opinions, personality, politics, psychology, recovery, relationships, science, thinking, what is normal anyway?

“I can’t, I can’t.”

13 days sober My mental state is deteriorating daily. I thought that psychosis had left me alone, had got bored … More

addiction, alcohol, anxiety, behaviour, bipolar, borderline, BPD, Brain, cognition, death, depression, family, hallucinations, health, help, journal, love, meds, mental health, mental illness, mood, nature, NHS, paranoia, pseudodementia, psychiatry, psychosis, psychotic, sobriety, suicide, thinking, writing

I’m with you in Rockland.

5 days sober I’m very confused. I mentioned this to my psychiatrist when I saw him a couple of days ago, … More

addiction, alcohol, anxiety, bipolar, BPD, cognition, dementia, depression, Ginsberg, health, hospital, memory, mental health, mental illness, NHS, psych unit, psychiatry, sober

Authorship Anxiety

“I think about how and why and when and the thoughts come quickly but the answers don’t…” This sentence just … More

addiction, alcoholism, authorship, cognition, memoir, memory, quotations, quotes, reading, recovery, rehab, writing, wtf
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