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writing and conversations about mental health diagnoses, stigma, relationships and language


Problem Solving With Imaginary Friends: Seeing Things From Different Perspectives
A few weeks ago, I wrote about an unusual coping strategy I have for anxiety: the 'worry hierarchy' on my fridge . Today I'm going to...
Oct 28, 2024


How 'Arts In Health' Helped me to 'Be Myself'
Sometimes a person says something, a few words either off-the-cuff or perhaps more thought through, that takes root in my mind. 'Just be...
Oct 19, 2024


5 DBT Skills For Feeling Fragile
I'm struggling a bit this week with all my usual culprits: embarrassment, feeling exposed, social anxiety in certain situations,...
Oct 15, 2024


'A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow': My relationship with Sleep
The quotation 'a ruffled mind makes a restless pillow', attributed to the author Charlotte Bronte, is actually uttered by the...
Oct 11, 2024


A Wildly Different Life Is Possible: A Trip Into My Old Sketchbooks
A little while ago, I wrote about my lifelong obsession (I think that word is apt and not an overstatement) with notebooks and...
Oct 7, 2024


What stories can I tell now? Nine Haikus for National Poetry Day
I spent half an hour tonight writing these nine haikus for National Poetry Day. If you're not familiar with haikus, don't worry. They are...
Oct 3, 2024


Living By Your Values: Russ Harris' 'Values-Guided Action'
I first encountered Russ Harris' concept of 'values guided action' about seven years ago and I found that it related to several of my...
Oct 3, 2024


Online Event: Feeling positively about yourself when you have a diagnosis of BPD
It can be really lonely, and even painful, to be diagnosed with a stigmatised and contested diagnosis like borderline personality...
Sep 29, 2024


What Threads Run Through Your Life? Go With Your fascinations!
A few years ago, sitting on an awkwardly-shaped plastic chair in a Medical Humanities seminar, I had one of those life-changing moments...
Sep 22, 2024


Shame, WhatsApp & Why I Don't Live Under a Rock Even Though Sometimes I Want To
Earlier this year I wrote a post called 'Why I'm No Longer Ashamed' about why I'm not ashamed of having a BPD diagnosis. As I explained...
Sep 17, 2024
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