"Turn your wounds into wisdom."
I’ve seen many a psychiatrist over my time spent battling mental health problems. Some have been okay, and some have felt like a complete waste of time. Since my relapse late last year, I have taken the private route in seeking mental health help due to the poor service and agonisingly long wait the NHS … Continue reading “You’re Such a Drama Queen!”
It's been nearly 4 months since I started recovering and I am now thankfully past all the uncomfortable and distressing effects of initial weight restoration, and my body is now adjusting to its natural weight and fat distribution (yay!) I thought I would take the time to reflect on the past few months and share … Continue reading Going Against The Norm – How I Went About Re-feeding and Weight Restoration
The following post was originally a document I created for myself to read whenever I was stressing out about weight gain (i.e every second of the day). I read through many recovery websites and blogs, and picked out the information and facts that I found most helpful and reassuring. After showing it to some of … Continue reading What To Remember During and After Weight Restoration From a Restrictive Eating Disorder
About two and a half weeks ago, I made the brave decision to recover. I plan on doing a post about what happened for me to have this change of mind towards recovery, in hope of saving someone else going through what I did. However this will most likely be at a later date, as the point at … Continue reading The Initial Stages of Recovering From Anorexia – Behind The Scenes
I was debating about whether to address or talk about this situation at all until I remembered that I created this blog to document the highs AND lows of recovery. Unfortunately, recovering from any mental illness is never a straight road and it would be naïve of me to not address the bumps and slips that are … Continue reading Understanding A World of Madness
It has been 5 years since I was admitted into hospital and during that time, my mental health journey has been a rollercoaster. I was discharged from hospital in December 2012 just before Christmas, in 2013 I battled with severe self-harm and suicide, at the start of 2014 I relapsed back into anorexia, a few … Continue reading 5 Years Later
Growing up, society taught me that salads were healthy and burgers were not. In hospital we were never allowed to discuss topics such as food or exercise so during my recovery this mentality never changed. When I was discharged, I was really struggling with the concept of being healthy. It got to the point where I … Continue reading There Is No Such Thing As ‘Good’ And ‘Bad’ Foods
As I get older, each year seems to fly by even quicker than the last. For me 2008 feels like just yesterday yet tomorrow will be the start of 2017..?! A lot has happened this year and I wanted to reflect on the main events that have happened. Also suuuuper duper sorry for not posting … Continue reading The End of Another Year
It's been a week since the dreaded results day and during the past 7 days I have been reflecting on my journey over the past few years and my time in sixth form. It's just a piece of paper. It's just a piece of paper with a few letters printed here and there. That piece of … Continue reading It’s Just a Piece of Paper
I've always felt the need to be in control. In control of not only myself, but also in control of others around me. If a situation arrises in which a person acts in a way that I hadn't hoped for, or if something ruins my meticulous plan of how things are meant to be, my … Continue reading You Can’t Change Others; But You Can Change Yourself
May you live every day of your life. 