Mental illness is often perceived as an abnormal and fictitious state of health, one in which, due to it’s concealed symptoms, can appear beyond realism. However, it is a disabling condition worldwide, in which over 300 million people are suffering from depression and higher than 260 million are dealing with anxiety disorders; making it common and okay to experience, rather than rare and eccentric. The…
How to be Social When You Have Anxiety
Whenever we need to deal with a problem, we unconsciously decide to either ignore it or find an alternative option. This concept can be applied and multiplied a few times for what could be considered the simplest of things for those who struggle with anxiety. A major and reoccurring event this notion is relevant to is…
My Anxiety with Driving
Getting your drivers license is something that most teenagers accomplish when they turn 18, for me, the thought of driving a car was an utmost terror and dread. When I turned 16, the most common question I was asked was “when are you going for your learners permit?”; something I didn’t get till I was…
Domestic Abuse in Romantic & Relative Relationships
A significant belief in society is that if a person is being physically and/or emotionally abused by a partner, it is acceptable to leave the situation. Which often cuts the line of communication between the two and the victim can move forward with their life. However, if you apply the same scenario to a parent and…
Self-Harm & The Attachment Theory
“Attachment theory argues that infants are biologically programmed to form an emotional bond with their caregiver, and an attachment figure should act to provide physical security and comfort to an otherwise helpless infant.“ This concept is something that has been discussed with my psychologist and I when we are speaking about my lack of attachment…
One Year On
It is wild to think that it has only been one year since I opened up about my mental illness and posted it for the world to read. I remember the moment I shared my blog on my social media for the first time; I was panicky thinking that others would perceive me as weak…
Why You Can’t See Mental Illness
If you haven’t gathered already, mental illness is a sickness within the brain. It makes sense that the initial symptoms of these diseases, start inside the mind; both physically and mentally. http://notcrazyorg.tumblr.com/post/66985539438/the-captions-in-this-photo-perfectly-illustrate Making it hard to notice & diagnose in the early stages, where the physically visual symptoms haven’t been in operation long enough to…
Suicide Victims Aren’t Selfish
They say suicide is the easy way out, that it is selfish, self-centred, and doesn’t resolve the issue; only makes it worse. But do the people saying that, been in that situation where they believe that those around them, parents, children, and friends, would be better off without them? Where they believe that all they are…
Stress Vs. Anxiety
There is a difference. Before anxiety comes stress, which comes and develops from many factors in our lives such as work, family, and school pressures. However, stress is caused by a present tension circumstance, whereas, anxiety is a fear that continues to strike panic even after the circumstance is gone. It is normal for an…
Mental Illness isn’t Black & White, & Why Recovery Might Never Happen
I like to describe what life is like with a mental illness by saying it isn’t black and white, but colour. However, the colour is the same one you get when you mix up every colour that exists, and no matter how hard you try to stir all the colours together, there will always be…