“The world breaks everyone and afterward some are strong at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway I’ve just finished reading another book about child abuse. I love to learn more about the issues that affect me, and it is always illuminating to explore different perspectives and read the stories of other survivors. I thought I’d start…
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4 Reasons I hate antidepressants
Here’s a post for the medicated many out there. I know a fair few of my readers can empathise with how crappy it is taking antidepressants. These drugs change you. They alter how your brain chemistry operates and that’s pretty scary right? Before my breakdown, I was totally against them. And although I’m on five kinds…
Setting up a support / psychotherapy group
Are you looking for a support group? Do you feel like it would be beneficial to be with a group of like-minded people who you can share your experiences with in a confidential setting? I’m working with a couple of organisations to set up one or more psychotherapy groups in and around Guildford in Surrey….
Mindfulness: You’ve got to dare to be present
For a long time, silence was synonymous with my misery. Being still and quiet would mean drowning in negative thoughts and self-criticism. Panicking about everything I needed to do and all that is past and won’t ever change. I constantly distracted myself, with work, TV, sport, alcohol, whatever was easiest at the time. Anything to…
3 Techniques for everyday mindfulness
I’ll admit I was a mindfulness cynic. It’s this buzz word in mental health that everyone pushes on you. When I first heard of mindfulness I thought it sounded ridiculous. I wondered how on earth sitting quietly and focusing all my senses of a cup of tea would ever help me. I had to find a…
What is dissociation?
A lot of trauma survivors suffer from dissociation, but you don’t hear people talking about it much. There even seems to be an absence of understanding among therapists, which I have seen first-hand on more than one occasion. I remember one specific group session in hospital, in which a woman completely dissociated. The experienced and…
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