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Tag: help

This Time Last Year

This post is a thread of tweets I posted earlier today, hence the terse style (280 character limits!) This time … More

Broken Britain, doctors, government, health, help, mental health, mental health awareness, mental illness, NHS, one year, psychiatry, psychosis, shambles, support, writing

August Meditations

I met a woman in trouble on the streets of Camden, helped her to get away from her abusive boyfriend … More

abuse, anxiety, BPD, change, chronic illness, depression, diary, help, life, mental illness, mood, notebook, sadness, stress, writing

020610

I wrote this in 2010. I can tell from the handwriting and absence of apostrophes that I was suffering from … More

death, diary, friendship, help, life, love, mental health, mental illness, notebook, psychosis, relationships, suicide, survival, writing

101118

Behold! A manic epiphany after going on a disgusting drink and drugs bender, not taking my anti-psychs and staying awake … More

borderline, BPD, depression, diary, eupd, fuck up, help, manic, mental health, mental illness, notebook, personality disorder, psychosis, writing

231018 (+270918)

I’ve been bad lately. Really bad. Physically wrecked, mentally destroyed. Making poor choices, doing stupid things. Two weeks of classic, … More

BPD, depression, diary, emotions, fibromyalgia, help, journal, love, mental health, notebook, pain, photo, suicide, writing

Good Chat

Act 4 Scene II [Small windowless room in an NHS psychiatric ward in north London. Man with lots of letters … More

books, dark, depression, dialogue, help, hospital, life, NHS, psychiatry, scene, screenplay, script, self help, writing

280418

“What do you mean ‘she’s not currently in crisis’, SHE JUST TRIED TO CUT HER OWN FUCKING HEAD OFF!”

BPD, breakdown, fibromyalgia, health, help, journal, mental health, mental illness, pain, psychosis, recovery, self harm, survival, writing

Insane? Contain, Restrain, Detain

Knock Knock Knock Knock *male voices* Is this the one? Yeah. Knock Knock Knock *opens door a fraction* Yeah? What … More

breakdown, conversation, crime, dialogue, help, life, London, mental illness, NHS, police, society, writing

Argentina

You know when you’re on the bus and you’re coming back from the supermarket (because, after 4 attempts, you finally … More

anxiety, bipolar, borderline, BPD, eupd, fear, fuckup, help, journey, life, madness, mental health, paranoia, poetry, prose, suicidal, unstable, writing

Yesterday’s Guy

Your past times consisted of the strange, and twisted and deranged, and I love that little game you had called … More

addiction, alcohol, another one bites the dust, bipolar, BPD, depression, dreams, ffs, fucksake, games, help, love and other drugs, lyrics, relationships, sorry, suicide, why, why why whyyyyyy, wtf

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