Warning, this blog discusses the issue of suicide and may be triggering for some readers.
Beginning to type out a text to your sister that reads, ‘Hey, did you know dad tried to take his own life again quite recently…’
Pause. Contemplate writing, ‘He says he’s only still here through luck, not judgement’. Pause. Delete the content of the draft message, and instead send a silly picture you create from emojis that probably isn’t wholly appropriate to send your big sister.
My name is Amy and I experience CPTSD (complex post-traumatic stress disorder), anxiety and depression. I have lived with these issues for the last seven years: it mostly began at 16 during my college years.
Mental health stigma means people often cope in silence
I have had mental health problems for a large percentage of my life, beginning when I was in my early teens. It wasn’t until recently that I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, depression and anxiety and dissociative disorder.
I have lived with these issues for the last seven years: it mostly began at 16 during my college years.
It wasn’t until recently that I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, depression and anxiety and dissociative disorder.