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Visit to Le Funny Farm
© Jameswimsel | Stock Free Images & Dreamstime Stock Photos I appreciate all the love I received from my revelations about my mood disorder. If you missed it, you can read it here. Things aren’t...
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Tales from Psychiatric Hospital – Part 1
Day 1 As discussed in my last post here, I was admitted to a Psychiatric Hospital today. It has been an overwhelming and anxiety-provoking experience. Our two hour drive took three hours due to...
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Tales from Psychiatric Hospital – Part 2
You can read Tales from Psychiatric Hospital – Part 1 here. Day 3 Things have improved. I am no longer the traumatised newbie now that I have been here for four days. I am now the mid-range patient –...
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Tales from Psychiatric Hospital – Part 3
At the play centre Sorry for the delay in posting Part 3. I wrote it a couple of weeks ago, but it has taken some time for me to feel well enough to finalise it and get it here for you. You can read...
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Should you take medication for depression and anxiety?
I have recently been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder Type 2 and have suffered from depression and anxiety for years. I have posted about this before here. Like many, I struggled with the idea of...
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Could you have Postnatal Depression?
This is an excerpt of my article published in Mothers Group Magazine, April 2013. To subscribe go to Mothers Group Magazine. Postnatal Depression effects one in eight women after the birth of a child....
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Reality – Shit with a side of turd – Part 1
Sad face Warning – This may get ranty. I try not to rant as a general rule, but I need to get this off my chest. Sorry if this seems like a pity party of one. Things are shit. Actually, we have gone...
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How to help someone with Depression
Your loved one may look like this I have had a lot of people ask me lately how to help someone with depression. They are the friends and family members of someone who is suffering, and it is...
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The Seasonal Blues
The grey skies are coming The weather has turned cold here in Australia, as we head into winter for another year. I am singing ‘The Seasonal Blues’ and I know the tune well. Every year around this...
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Reality – Shit with a side of turd – Part 2
Happy face Things have been a little quiet on the writing-front *cue tumbleweeds rolling past*. Not a day has gone by where I haven’t wanted to write a blog post and give an update. I have held off...
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Moving with a Mental Illness
Moving interstate It has been a couple of months since my last post. A frustrating travesty and I apologise to those who have been following my blog. Today is the first day in quite some time (well...
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My Bipolar Life
I made this during a hospital stay If you were to meet me in person on a ‘good’ day, you wouldn’t guess I suffer from a mental illness. I’m outgoing, happy to have a chat and laugh often. You wouldn’t...
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Anxiety and the Need to Pee
Where the action happens I have had a wee problem (wee, get it) for many years, which co-incides with me developing debilitating anxiety and panic attacks. I’m sharing this embarrassing information...
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Caring for a Depressed Person
Hubby and I My husband is an amazing man and deserves a medal of some description for what he does for me. He is my carer – a job that he didn’t sign up for and something neither of us expected to...
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What Does Depression Feel Like?
Glamorous isn’t it? *Warning – this post contains swearing. Content may trigger some readers. I am writing this post in lieu of swallowing all the pills or driving my car off a cliff. My logical brain...
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Mental Health Update
Example Mood Chart I finally saw my Psychiatrist again yesterday to ask why I’m having such extreme mood changes. The picture above is an example of what has been going on. The grey bar is normal mood....
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The New Normal
I can no longer enjoy a Mojito or three The New Normal For those of you, like me, who suffer from a mental health condition such as Depression, Anxiety or Bipolar Disorder, how do we define ‘normal’? I...
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Panic Attacks Suck Arse
Me around the time of my first panic attack. I cut off the arsehole boyfriend. Today is the 11th anniversary of my first panic attack. It isn’t really something you celebrate and I won’t be getting it...
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