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Custody Conversations

  Excerpt from History of Present Complaint by HLR (Close to the Bone, 2021). To read more, get a copy … More

CNF, health, hospital, life, memoir, mental health, mental illness, NHS, poems, poetry, prosetry, psychosis, sectioned, writing

20 Years in The System

Response to NaPoWriMo Day 19: a rant. * A few years ago they madea change they say I am no … More

depression, health, medication, mental health, mental health services, mental illness, NaPoWriMo, NHS, poem, poetry, rant, therapy, treatment, writing

History of Present Complaint by HLR: cover / blurbs / reviews / pre-order

My debut prosetry collection History of Complaint will be released in print and digital on Friday 26th February 2021 (just … More

blurb, books, BPD, chapbook, CNF, cover reveal, debut, memoir, mental health, mental illness, new books, NHS, poetry, prose, prose poetry, psychosis, PTSD, publishing, trauma

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

Report (2)

A couple of nights ago, I finally read the report that was written by the mental health nurse who assessed … More

depression, diary, hospital, journal, mental health, mental illness, NHS, notes, panic, psychosis, reaction, sectioned, writing

Talking

Talking doesn’t feel like healing. For me, talking feels like opening old wounds waking dormant demons picking at infected scabs … More

BPD, experience, Free Verse Revolution, FVR, healing, hospital, life, mental illness, NHS, poetry, prompt, psychotherapy, recovery, therapy, treatment, writing

Report

I read the report. It was even worse than I’d imagined. Full of untruths. Peppered with irrelevant information, things that … More

depression, healthcare, hospital, life, mental health, mental illness, NHS, reality, suicidal, trauma, treatment, 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

Out Of The Mouths Of Doctors

Your blood is highly uncooperative. If you were my daughter, I honestly wouldn’t know what to do with you. I’ve … More

doctors, health, hospital, life, London, memoir, mental health, NHS, nurses, poem, poetry, psychiatry, quotations, quotes

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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