Self-Sabotage
CW: mention of self-harm but no violent descriptions Self-sabotage sounds like a silly concept. Why would anyone choose to sabotage their own chances of success and well-being? It is not about making mistakes, everyone...
Tagged: trauma
Denial and Trauma: Not wanting it to be true
CW/TW: Mention of trauma, denial of trauma Denial is the refusal to accept something as true or desired, although evidence doesn’t leave much room for any other explanations. You can deny scientific truths, you...
Perseverance And Fighting On
CW: mention of suicide (no details), mention of trauma (no details) Perseverance is for many linked to concepts of hope and motivation. People want to show to themselves and the world that they can...
#metoo? – I am a survivor but feel excluded
Trigger Warning: This post discusses sexual violence, rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment. I am a survivor of sexual assault and rape. It took me years to even recognize that this is a fact....
Recovery From Mental Illness? – Healing, Self-Management and Improvement of Quality of Life
Let me start with that I don’t believe in that recovery is something to work towards when you struggle with mental illness. Recovery, for me, would mean getting to a place of where you...
Medicalisation of Society – Trauma
This is an older post on mental health that I have written on another blog of mine. You can find the original post from April 2018 here. Different times in history have had a...
Triggers – Going Down To Trigger Town
The word trigger is overused these days. And because of that, most people don’t take it seriously when someone legitimately expresses that they have been triggered. Instead of its original meaning, which is being...
Trauma Ruins Your Body Just As Much As It Ruins Your Mind
I wanted to write a post about perfectionism and imposter syndrome (which I periodically struggle with) but decided to write about a topic that has been spooking in my mind for quite some time,...
A Near Miss
It is a little bit odd how most of my posts the last few days have been about my struggles, my past, my mental illness and my emotional pain. I don’t necessarily love writing...
My “Father”
I know what an ideal father is supposed to be like. I have friends who have very supportive father figures in their lives. Men who have always stood up for them, who have protected...
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