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Tag: recovery

Corkboard

Got a corkboard the size of a dining table painted one side of the frame bright yellow the face to … More

addiction, alcohol, detox, drug abuse, drugs, mental health, mental illness, poem, poetry, recovery, rehab, sobriety, writing

The Swim

leaving depression in locker 8E grief wrapped up in a towel heartbreak trembling on the lip of the pool I … More

coping, depression, exercise, health, journal, lit mag, mental health, poem, poetry, reading, recovery, suicide, 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

Sectioned

Earlier this week I was involuntarily detained under the Mental Health Act. I had a severe psychotic episode which resulted … More

detainment, hospital, life, mental health, mental health act, mental illness, psychosis, recovery, section, writing

070519

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

150518

Apparently “devouring an 800 page novel, a bottle of 2011 Chablis and a shitload of codeine” is not the correct … More

blackout, books, diary, grief, health, journal, life, NHS, pain, parenting, parents, recovery

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

Scaffolding

Psychiatrist: We’re concerned about how you will deal with Autumn. Self: Yeah. So am I. So is everyone. P: Do … More

conversation, dialogue, Jeremy Cunt, life, medication, mental health, NHS, psychiatry, recovery, shambles, suicide

Sholver

My body is not a temple, it’s a sinkhole council estate in Oldham: unless someone is mad enough to invest in … More

analogy, Broken Britain, gov, health, help, housing crisis, madness, Manchester, mental health, mental illness, recovery, suicide

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

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