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I've suffered from various forms of mental illness my whole life - this blog chronicles my past, present and future (?) as I attempt to understand and overcome my illnesses.
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Overdoses, ER and those awesome gowns which my butt looks so cute in…
So yesterday in a fit of hypermanic energy I wrote one of the most random posts I’ve ever written. It seemed like such a good idea at the time, a lovely little post full of spot on observations and theories about why it is so hard to ask for he...
Starter for Ten: The Finale
As the end draws near, the finale of the rather short and randomly intermittent Starter for Ten series. Where the questions which have been perplexing you are answered. So with my fingers getting all itchy on the buzzer, here we go: 1) How much ...
Words Cut Like a Knife (aka - the effects of emotional abuse)
“You’re useless,” “You never do anything right,” If I were to sit down with a friend, black eye on display, and tell them that my partner had been physically abusing me it would be hard for them to disagree. The evidence in all its black,...
The Video Adventures of Addy in Scotland #8: Inverness
Inverness, the site of so many memories and moments of my life was both a happy inducing tour-de-force and also a nostalgic kick in the groin. There are two videos of my time in Inverness, both rather reflective pieces, which draw this particular jou...
Emotional Abuse: Resources and Information
A recent comment on my post regarding Emotional Abuse had me delving into my old blog to pluck this list of resources and information from the internet ether. This list was originally posted on my Blogspot blog on 13 December 2007 but as all informat...
Addy's Faves: The Best of 'All that I am...'
I was thinking today, what if I were to compose a "best of" album from this blog? Which posts would I single out as my favourites to have the honour of appearing on a compilation of my favourite work?Well, this would be my selection: [in chronologica...
Emotional Abuse Part IV: Related Links
It's not that I'm obsessed or anything, but I'm really struggling to overcome the emotional abuse I suffered so have been spending as much time as I can afford trying to find new information and coping strategies to recover.So here are some excellent...
The let's answer people's "google searches" post!
My minds racing at a thousand miles so many thoughts, feelings, emotions, rational thoughts, irrational thoughts, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and they're driving me insane not even slowly insane fast fast faste...
Emotional Abuse Part III: Further Reading and Support
In part I; I looked at what emotional abuse consists of... In part II; I looked into my own experiences as the victim of emotional abuse...There are a lot of people out there who are either in, or think they are in an abusive relationship. It took me...
Emotional Abuse - Part II: The Effects of Emotional Abuse
The above diagram illustrates the cycle most abusive relationships rotate through.My Abusive RelationshipAnyone who has visited my Facebook page will see that my relationship status is listed as “it’s complicated…”; I cannot be with another p...
Emotional Abuse - Part I: "Words are just as powerful as the fist,"
What is emotional abuse?If I were to ask you to describe an “abusive relationship” I would lay money on you giving me the following: a man physically hitting/slapping/beating a woman.Am I right?Maybe not, but based on the vast majority of interne...
