CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of death, suicide and suicidal ideation. Please be gentle with yourself and consider not reading if you are sensitive to these topics. I still find it incredibly jarring every time the thought crosses my mind. ‘I wish I was dead’. It comes and goes with such indifference and apathy that sometimes I … Continue reading Thoughts are not facts.
I’ve noticed a pattern for myself when it comes to my mental health. Distract and avoid. Swallow the pain. Internalise. Most importantly do not draw attention to myself, lest people may form the opinion that I am self-involved, self-important, attention seeking and narcissistic. It’s a battle I have with myself internally each time that I … Continue reading Holiday blues.
TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNING: Intimate partner violence (physical and emotional), gaslighting, discussion of self-harming behaviours. I remember when we first broke up. I accused him of cheating and he accused me of snooping. We were both right in our accusations, but I was more sorry. I was always more sorry. I left that night and went … Continue reading I am not responsible.
An open letter to the man on my flight home from Sydney With special mention to the other men who chipped away at my faith in hu[man]ity What makes you think that you’re entitled to take up so much fucking space?! I am a born and bred Melbournite and have long been an … Continue reading An Open Letter…
Living in western society in this age, means allowing yourself to be subjected to a cosmos of mass media infiltrating our daily lives – thinly veiled ads that mark a new era of false advertising, attempting to sell us ‘happiness’ in the form of an inanimate object. I’ve become pretty skilled at avoiding the main … Continue reading My ‘Sloppy’ Reputation.
When people think about illness, what so often comes to mind are images of physical ailments and worn-down bodies. We imagine viruses, hospitals full of people with IV drips, wounds that we can see and touch. What is often neglected and not considered with the weight that it truly deserves, is illness of the mind. … Continue reading We can’t do it alone.
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