Living life on the borderline

Posts Tagged ‘awesome ideas at first that turn a bit suckish in hindsight

A little too happy at Christmas.

Posted by: outwardlyintrovert on: December 29, 2010

Things were going brilliantly! I didn’t feel low at all, if anything, the absolute opposite! Life was fabulous, I’d finally gotten over this whole “mental illness” thing. BPD? Depression? Pish! I could do anything that I wanted to do. In fact, I wanted to go to university. No, not to study art or fashion… I [...]

Five little monkeys, jumping on the bed.

Posted by: outwardlyintrovert on: August 8, 2010

Things weren’t great, but I was safe to an extent. I’ve started self harming again, after almost 8 months free, which is bad but. I was getting out and doing stuff and trying to struggle on. One fell off and banged his head. The full punch-in-the-balls realisation about my past experiences has hit me. Hard. [...]

Stop press: Mentalism makes a comeback.

Posted by: outwardlyintrovert on: June 23, 2010

Warning – This post contains strong and possibly disturbing references to self injury. Please don’t get any ideas from me or read this while in a vulnerable state. Oh yes. I’m seriously beginning to think the depression is returning once again. And my mood had been relatively stable and brighter and therapy became positive and [...]

Hindsight.

Posted by: outwardlyintrovert on: June 6, 2010

Is a wonderful, wonderful thing, with 20/20 vision. I’m a -6.00 so I’m blissfully near-blind. I cannot go anywhere on my own, I am followed upstairs and dropped subtle “hints” at any available opportunity. Not that my family are being mean, they gave me a good pep talk earlier which helped a bit. Just incase [...]

I’m not the smartest person out.

Posted by: outwardlyintrovert on: June 5, 2010

Two overdoses in six months? A+E and CAMHS must be sick of the sight of me. I got discharged this afternoon after seeing the on-call psychiatrist, with a follow-up appointment next week. Apparently I’m “overdoing things and need to take a step back”. Apparently, sheer stubbornness, ignorance and excuses like “I’m just being a teenager!” [...]


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I'm an 18 year old girl/woman/person of the female gender who blogs about growing up, living with mental health problems and her experience with the NHS mental health services, both CAMHS and CMHTs. Expect plenty of teenage angst and general craziness. Nothing out of the ordinary here.

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