“I’m trying to let go of my old self.”
Bowie’s Changes was playing on the radio this morning during the school run. I had left my phone at home and was listening to the classic...
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Anonymous
- Jun 9
- 10 min
“I found out days later that my previous therapist and my psychiatrist diagnosed me without letting me know.”
I would say I started noticing something was not right when I was 14. I was being bullied, so I was experiencing distress on a daily...
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Anonymous
- May 11
- 4 min
"Just providing a diagnosis without any information or support wasn't helpful."
I think I knew I had signs of BPD back as a teenager. I would cry every night and have overwhelming thoughts of bad things that...
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Anonymous
- Mar 30
- 3 min
"Every aspect of my life was picked over in minute detail."
I knew when I was 12 that I was different. I had horrific social anxiety. I was either wildly happy or I felt the world was going to end...
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Anonymous
- Mar 23
- 3 min
"I have to ride the waves of my emotions all day."
As far as feeling different and like there was something wrong with me goes, I think I noticed it my whole life. As long as anyone can...
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Anonymous
- Feb 3
- 4 min
"At times it almost felt like I had a double life."
I have suffered with my mental health since my teens (I’m now 32) but for a very long time I’ve kept my feelings well-hidden and been...
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Anonymous
- Oct 3, 2023
- 7 min
"People don’t see the anxiety and assume I’m being difficult or unprofessional when I can’t cope."
I am a teacher who suffers from social anxiety. That might sound ridiculous, given that I spend nearly all of my working day standing up...
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Anonymous
- Jul 30, 2023
- 7 min
"Telling someone I have DID feels like putting a flashing sign on my head."
I didn’t have a strong sense that something was wrong for a very long time, which I would later learn is largely the function of...
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Anonymous
- Jul 7, 2023
- 5 min
"I often get scared for myself that one day, I won't manage being depressed anymore."
I wake up most mornings not knowing what mood I'm going to be in or how many times my moods will switch that day, although most days I...
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Anonymous
- Jul 5, 2023
- 6 min
"In the moment when I feel either hopeless or untouchable, I truly believe the feeling's permanent."
I was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder/ Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder a couple of months ago but the diagnosis...
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Anonymous
- Jun 25, 2023
- 5 min
"The misunderstanding is probably that people think OCPD is the same as OCD."
I first began to notice that something wasn’t ‘right’ when I was in my first year of my PhD. It’s a research PhD, so often people have...
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Anonymous
- Jun 5, 2023
- 3 min
"I was denied a promotion due to my mental health and perceived 'instability'."
I think the first time I noticed something wasn’t right was when I needed to take a break a lot from playing with other kids and my...
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Anonymous
- May 20, 2023
- 4 min
"After an issue rightfully angered me at work, my boss asked, 'Did you take your medicine today?'"
I would say I recognized the feeling of not being ‘right’ in my late 30s, although since being diagnosed I can look back and see signs of...
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Anonymous
- May 11, 2023
- 2 min
"I struggle to maintain relationships, because I tend to act out of character during an episode."
I guess I knew I might be bipolar from a pretty young age- probably 14 or 15. However I wasn’t officially diagnosed until age 29. I...
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Anonymous
- May 5, 2023
- 10 min
"I said, “I am having a psychiatric crisis and need help,” and they turned me away."
I didn’t really realize at the time what was happening, but now looking back I can see that I was experiencing symptoms of bipolar back...
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Anonymous
- Apr 27, 2023
- 5 min
"Bipolar has made my life richer and I’m grateful, despite the challenges."
The first sign my mental health was going downhill was getting hit like a tonne of bricks with anxiety, panic disorder and OCD the week I...
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Anonymous
- Mar 28, 2023
- 5 min
"OCD is not a choice or a voluntary trait, it’s a disorder."
I’ve always had symptoms of OCD; I just didn’t know it was OCD nor were the symptoms debilitating at the time, as would become the case...
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Anonymous
- Mar 23, 2023
- 8 min
"I don't know how to recover and nobody can give me the help I need."
I have BPD and experience intense, overpowering emotions which are difficult to control. I don't really have a sense of identity, but I...
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Anonymous
- Feb 27, 2023
- 3 min
"I was told to get a boyfriend and my bipolar would be fine."
I got my diagnosis of bipolar disorder in my 40s. However I have had Bipolar 2 since my late teens. Back then it was called manic...
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Anonymous
- Feb 24, 2023
- 4 min
"Try to remember all the nice things we do, not just the time we erupt because of a trigger."
My earliest recollection of not being ‘normal’ was aged around eight. I'm 55 now. My first suicide attempt was at 15 but it wasn't until...
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