"I’m always in fight or flight mode."
I knew that I felt/thought about things differently at a very young age. I just didn’t know why. I have since been diagnosed with OCD and...
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Anonymous
Feb 9, 202313 min
"Trying to manage through the paranoia, the desperation, the dread, food's distraction and comfort."
I have always had a sort of ambivalent relationship to my body. I haven’t always taken very good care of it, and at times it has shown....
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Anonymous
Jan 27, 20235 min
"I self-sabotage a lot because it feels easier than dealing with the negative emotions."
I am diagnosed with GAD and ADHD. It was probably at its worst when I started university. I struggled with feelings of depression as well...
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Anonymous
Dec 20, 202215 min
"Relationships are difficult when you have certain conditions that are fighting against you."
I have suffered with BPD since I was a teenager (around 14/15 years old) but wasn’t officially diagnosed till I was 19. I have what is...
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Anonymous
Dec 5, 20227 min
"If you don't want to make people uncomfortable, your only option is to avoid everything."
Here is a quick thought exercise. Please take a moment and recall something that you love. It genuinely does not matter what it might be....
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Anonymous
Dec 2, 20223 min
"I was told to just Google DBT and fix myself."
I was diagnosed with Dependent Personality Disorder in March 2021. I always have high anxiety and I am really dependent on people around...
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Anonymous
Nov 29, 20224 min
"I don't feel anything, and I can't control it."
My biggest symptoms of Schizoid Personality Disorder are depersonalisation and derealisation, apathy, anhedonia, passive chronic...
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Anonymous
Nov 23, 20226 min
"I would go to different supermarkets every day so staff didn’t recognise me as a regular."
I am an alcoholic. If you were to see me at work, you would never imagine this at all. You see, I may be an alcoholic, but I am a...
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Anonymous
Nov 20, 20228 min
"BPD makes me feel like I'm very hard to love."
I was diagnosed with Panic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and an eating disorder when I was a teenager. Later when I was 22, a...
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Anonymous
Nov 16, 20229 min
"I am not one of those people who think that my schizoaffective disorder is a gift or super power."
My symptoms of OCPD include fixations on lists, organization and schedules and other methods of controlling my environment. In my head,...
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Anonymous
Nov 13, 20226 min
"I see everything about me being on this earth as taking away from somebody else."
Despite its name, at the core of Avoidant Personality Disorder is a debilitating fear of abandonment, much like many other personality...
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Anonymous
Nov 10, 20224 min
"With each day, it finds new ways to mess you up."
I can't pinpoint the exact moment I realised I had OCD. I've had symptoms for nearly as long as I can remember. Some of the earliest...
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Anonymous
Oct 15, 20224 min
"Sometimes I have to leave a room or walk away from someone if the thoughts are too distressing."
I have Sexual Orientation OCD (SO-OCD), Harm OCD (hOCD) and others I haven't pinned down yet. My main symptoms with OCD are obsessing and...
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Anonymous
Sep 25, 20222 min
"I missed out on a lot of experiences because avoidance was my coping mechanism."
I have Avoidant Personality Disorder (AvPD), which is a Cluster C personality disorder. As the name suggests, it involves avoidance of...
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Anonymous
Sep 16, 20224 min
"I worked at a daycare and had constant fears I was harming the children."
I have struggled throughout my life with several forms of OCD: Sexual orientation OCD, harm OCD, relationship OCD and POCD, amongst...
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Anonymous
Sep 14, 20223 min
"There's no magic bullet for Imposter Syndrome."
Imposter Syndrome. What does it feel like? In short, exhausting. I'd liken it to what it feels like to be continually on the run. Like...
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Anonymous
Aug 20, 20225 min
"Some people just don’t understand and have no time for people with additional needs."
I am officially diagnosed with depression, anxiety and dermatillomania, although I also suffer (undiagnosed) from paranoia, mild PTSD and...
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Anonymous
Aug 15, 20224 min
"I believed that the world was an illusion and just wasn't real. It was really scary."
I have severe paranoia, which may be a symptom of an underlying personality or mood disorder. However as I am a minor, I am unable to...
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Anonymous
Jul 13, 20224 min
"Mental illness changed me for the worse, whereas my queerness brought me happiness and joy."
I have schizophrenia, and have had symptoms starting when I was 14. Almost immediately I realised they weren't normal as others couldn't...
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Anonymous
Jun 28, 20226 min
"You're either in or you're out, and if you're out, they push you and push you until you leave."
I love my job. I love the school I am currently in. Everyone is very supportive and I have some great colleagues around me. Yet, I still...
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