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This is a poem on how I see myself and feel with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) It's not easy to be seenLife is not always greeni wish i could hide awayfor just one more single day If only others could seeThat my life is not always
I'm hopelessI just never learnThere's no pointI stuff up and I'm no goodIt's always my faultIt sucksMy head is telling me to go awayI can't believe how stupid I amWhy can't I just be normal whatever that isGosh I'm angry grrrrrrNeed to stop before I do so
Often in this world, we are consumed by a need to measure our lives against others, or to measure our own successes and failures against ideals that we hold up to ourselves. I wonder why we do this. Often, it leads to nothing but misery, anxiety and depre
Ever since my second daughter was born I've been thinking more about my own childhood. Thinking about my childhood has recovered a lot of memories, which is confusing and overwhelming.
It was many years ago and I was at University listening to the philosophy lecturer speak about the snowflake. I was in a psychology course at the time and this philosophy subject was all about the analogy of a snowflake's history and how this is relevant
Looking at my own experiences, and at my personal diary, (because I feel that a diary is very valuable for anyone with a mental disorder) , I can see how my distorted thihnking caused heaps of trouble for me in the past.The distortion of thinking ca
I went to see my Dr yesterday and she suggested to me about trying TMS, and I am just a bit apprehensive about it, because their is not a lot of information about it or more importantly people sharing their experiences about this form of physi
Hi there,I had an appointment with my psychiatrist last Wednesday, and when I arrive, I have to phone her secretary or her directly, for her to come and collect from the main reception area. On Wednesday I phone her secretary and seem a bit con
Hi @NikNik, This is a paper, on social phobia and anxiety, that I wrote a few years ago was never submitted because I left my university studies before I could submit it. I was enrolled in a clinical psycholo
I wrote this poem last year after being admitted into a mental health unit in hospital. My mum found out where I was and called me and argued with me, yelling at me for not telling her sooner about my memories of being sexually abused as a child.
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