To say I have a good relationship with medication would be a lie.Since being put on medication for my [1st diagnoses] Anxiety and, Depression in 2013, I have been on and off of my medication several times.This is actually not uncommon for those who experience mental health, especially for individuals diagnosed with a mental illness.… Continue reading Medication 💊
Happy New Year! I can’t believe it’s 2020 already! For those who read my blog, or for my own personal acknowledgement, it has been a while since I have posted a blog post. I believe my last one was possibly posted in March (of 2019)? I was, for a few months, working on a blog… Continue reading Reviewing 2019: Part 1
To start, Happy New Year! As 2019 is in full swing, I thought it was finally time to sit down and write my 2018 review of the year. For those who have kept up with my blog, you will know that 2018, was not the greatest year. So why would I want to re-live it… Continue reading 2018 Review
**Some triggering content may be in the following post, please read with care. Sometimes, life throws things at us, at we don’t expect. The last few months have been a real example, as I’ve fallen behind a bit in posting; but a reflection on how the beginning of the year started, and getting back… Continue reading A Reflection of Time in Acute Inpatient
If you haven’t read my previous post: New Year: Getting Back on Track– Let’s Catch-Up take a took, as it leads up to the events that had lead up to now, and into this blog post. Trigger Warning: The following post may contain triggering topics, as it will be leading up to my next post– Please read… Continue reading New Year: Getting Back on Track– How Will You Write Your Story?
It’s been awhile since I have wrote a blog post, as it’s officially 2018! The last few months of 2017 were a bit of a disaster, to say the least. I wasn’t sure where to even begin to write as I got behind with writing, as school started to pile up, amongst many other things…… Continue reading New Year: Getting Back on Track– Let’s Catch-Up
Reader Warning: I decided to add in my homework we were assigned in our last group session, and we took it up this week, because it was a big part of the session/skill. The homework may be triggering to those with an eating disorder or who are in recovery. Please read with care. ♡ .… Continue reading Opposite Action: Ninth DBT Skills Group
With a hectic week at work, and most of my spare time being spent on packing, I finally decided it was time for some self-soothing, by writing my blog posts for the past week. . . . As part of the DBT Program, I am to see a psychiatrist, as well as my individual therapist.… Continue reading When You Feel Like You’re Failing: 9th One-on-One Session
I woke up today exhausted, but full of anxiety; shaking (my hands especially) to the point it’s even hard to type currently. I don’t know where exactly the anxiety came from, but it was there, and just wouldn’t go away. I did TIPS (‘The Dive’, and intense exercise, being jumping jacks in my room) several… Continue reading WHAT and HOW Mindfulness: Fourth DBT Skills Group
Getting myself back on track, I had another individual session for the Dialectical Behavioural Therapy Program, I am in today. In this session, my therapist decided to focus on my eating disorder. We talked about how much I have been restricting my daily food intake, and how often I purge. For anyone with an eating disorder,… Continue reading Pros&Cons of An Eating Disorder: 8th One-on-One Session
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