(Getty Images/Jose Juan Garcia) “It's not my responsibility to be beautiful. I'm not alive for that purpose. My existence is not about how desirable you find me.” ~ Warsan Shire Like many other people I've put on quite a bit of weight since I started taking mirtazapine again. Unlike, seemingly, any other people I don't particularly care.… Continue reading Because A Pretty Corpse Is No Use To Anyone
(Getty Images) “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.” ~ Elbert Hubbard So the other day I talked about some of the things that are unhelpful to say to someone with post traumatic stress disorder. Since I put that post up a few people have asked me what would be… Continue reading 5 Things You Can Say To Someone With PTSD
(Image Credit) “You can't patch a wounded soul with a Band-Aid.” ~ Michael Connelly So, actually quite some time ago now I wrote about things that I'd found it unhelpful of people to say about my PTSD. That post has been far and away the most viewed thing I've ever written and so I've decided to… Continue reading 5 More Things You Probably Shouldn’t Say to Someone With PTSD
"Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact." ~ Martha Beck I've been away for the past few days cat-sitting Natalie Portman for the person who's looking after her me. Which is fine, and it was lovely to spend some time with her; I do really miss her. The only thing was… Continue reading Social Media And Mirtazapine
(Image Credit) "Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium." ~ Cyril Connolly I have post traumatic stress disorder, as you probably know already. You probably also know that the side effects of post traumatic stress disorder include nightmares, flashbacks, and generalised anxiety. You may… Continue reading Kitty Genovese Would Have Faired No Better In Suburban England
(Image Credit) "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming." ~ Dory, Finding Nemo Today is not a good day. Today I feel bad. Today hurts. I speak four and a half different languages but I still don't know a word to identify the way I feel today. I know that the clinical label is 'Depression' but… Continue reading The Days They Don’t Teach You Words For
"It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people." ~ Pamela Anderson It would be hard to overstate how worried I was when I arrived at my first meeting with my Job Centre Plus adviser back in December. I expected it to be absolutely horrendous. I mean, I was… Continue reading I Had An Incredibly Positive Experience At The Job Centre. No, Really…
(Warning: this post contains detailed discussion of self-harm.) "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." ~ William Shakespeare I decided to write this because almost everything that I've seen about self harm in the media and online discusses it as being almost exclusively an issue for young people, primarily teenagers.… Continue reading I Cut Myself To Feel Better
"Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination." ~ Christian Nestell Bovee I've realised lately that although I've been having them for at least two years now a lot of people still don't really understand what it is that I mean when I say that I've had… Continue reading This Is What A Panic Attack Feels Like
"Everything changes, everything stays the same." Hi. I'm still alive. For those of you who were wondering. Thank you for wondering. Particularly for those of you sent very sweet wondering messages. They meant a lot to me. So where have I been? That's a very long and complicated story that I will endeavour to share… Continue reading Yes, Thank You, I Am Still Alive
Make-Up & Mirtazapine 