Finding my way through grief
After falling in love with a man with bipolar, Wrae finds herself having to work through the grief of his completing suicide.
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Why I decided to go back into therapy
Dee Chan shares that though she feels her borderline personality disorder (BPD) is in remission, a triggering event has her going back to therapy for suicide ideation.
After a suicide attempt
Gwen Matthews shares what happened after she attempted suicide and how it led to the start of her recovery journey.
Lessons learned from a life of being angry all the time
Anger is an all-consuming force when coupled with Borderline Personality Disorder. Dee Chan shares how she learned to express her anger and stopped hurting those in her life.
Overcoming stigma to beat depression and anxiety
Ellie Miles shares her experience with hiding her anxiety and depression because of the stigma she would face, and the turning point that had her hiding no longer.
Mental health stigma in the emergency room
“I expect some stigma from people who don’t know better, from everyday people who’ve never walked my path, or anything that resembles my path. It doesn’t make it right, but I still know to expect it. There are people who think my child makes suicide attempts just to get attention. There are people who think my child is just spoiled and babied. They don’t live with her pain, a pain so deep, the only relief she sees is death.
But I never expected to be slapped in the face with mental health stigma from health care workers.
Crawling back from the edge :: my adventure with BPD
Dee Chan shares how she spent years and years struggling with BPD until one day, she realized gratitude had a role to play in her recovery.
