My Story. We grow up thinking everything happens for a reason. Truer words have not been spoken. In late February of this year, whilst in an Acute Mental Health Ward, I tried for the first time in my life to commit suicide. I have run all of my life, from everyone, from everything, and the plain truth of the matter is, that all these years of … [Read more...] about Suicide – You Can’t Press Restart and Get Another Life
Acute Mental Health Ward – My First Ever Visit
On the 25th February, 2016 I was admitted to an Acute Mental Health Unit in Queensland Australia. I spent three weeks in hospital and have been back at home for about four weeks. I have decided after launching my website, earlier this year, that I would start writing again and share this experience, the treatment and day to day of what … [Read more...] about Acute Mental Health Ward – My First Ever Visit
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – Your Life In Blinding Flashes
I was first diagnosed with PTSD about six years ago. Now, I know what it is and understand how it works. I have been battling it for decades. Along with a good unhealthy dose of chronic depression. PTSD and depression...it's like having twins. It seems to me you can't have one without the other. They both know how to push your buttons, and … [Read more...] about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – Your Life In Blinding Flashes
My Father – For Lack of a Better Word
My father, my story... When I think of my Father, I feel my whole body tense. My brain starts twirling around like one of those game show wheels. On what memory it will stop on...is anybody's guess. One thing I know for sure is there are no good prizes on a spinning wheel of memories. Just bloody, bony clawed hands dragging me back to a … [Read more...] about My Father – For Lack of a Better Word
Self Harm – I Am My Own Worst Enemy
I am a professional self harmer. I call myself this because it has only been in the last two years that anybody has known this about me. It was one of my big fat secrets. I was in a ten year marriage, and my husband nor any of my new family at the time, had any idea what I was doing to myself. Telling somebody that you self harm is a huge … [Read more...] about Self Harm – I Am My Own Worst Enemy
Meet The Pedophile – Say Hello To My Daddy
My father was the first born child to pathological parents. My father's father (my grandfather) was a pedophile and my grandmother had been involved in prostitution and was also a well-known back-yard abortionist. Knitting needles were the only instruments in her medical bag. She was a better abortionist than a knitter and it was good easy … [Read more...] about Meet The Pedophile – Say Hello To My Daddy
