I'm in a moment of my life where I feel an enourmous amount of stress piling up and really feel the need to vent, so here it goes: I don't feel in touch with my emotions, as if the stress were suffocating them. I'll feel vaguely sad or happy, but feeling them this way just … Continue reading Stress, stress and more stress
Based on Susanna Kaysen's autobiography "Girl, interrupted", the movie adaptation illustrates the world of mental disorders and what it means to suffer from one. "Girl, Interrupted" starts with Susanna Kaysen's story, a girl diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. She has a history of promiscuous behaviour and, at the begin of the movie, appears to attempt … Continue reading “Girl, Interrupted” – Movie Review
Living with a mental illness is hard, but it's also hard to be there for someone with a mental illness. This is dedicated to a person who has always been by my side, even when I was pushing her away. Growing up,I didn't know at twenty I'd be looking for forgiveness;Forgiveness from the one who'd … Continue reading I’m sorry…
You’re weak. Punish yourself. The voice in my head was giving off the first signs of a psychotic break. I couldn’t ignore it, it was too strong and insistent. I had to act; I couldn’t control it. I ran to the bathroom and grabbed the razor. Bringing it to my forearm, I started my daily … Continue reading Tandem (Short Story)
I call it agony because I myself don't know how to define it. Short breath, a pressing feeling on my chest suffocating me; the feeling of hopelessness, kind of. A feeling so devastating it wracks my body, leaving me feeling somehow emotionally splintered. My muscles feel heavy, moving is out of question, as if the … Continue reading Agony
After a very strong and long period of idealisation, I found myself in the opposite position with my partner: devaluation. I feel hurt, upset and alone. I know I shouldn't, yet I do. This is an adaptation of lyrics to a rap song I wrote, turned into poem, that expresses how I and many people … Continue reading Devaluation
This illustration is dedicated to Alec Benjamin's song: "My mind is a prison". I find this song very relatable and hope you enjoy the illustration. "I don't live in California, I'll inform you, that's not where I reside.I'm just a tenant, paying rent inside this body and I,got two windows and those windows, well I'll … Continue reading “My mind is a prison”
Sometimes you're okay. Sometimes not. Today, I'm going to concentrate on the latter... This poem is about one of those moments, however, no matter how hopeless you feel, there's always hope. Run, I must run. Run. I'm running, life thrown at me as I glide through time, struggling to reach what is not possible to … Continue reading Run to the light
Now, this happens to be an incredibly sensible topic. First off: I am in no way pro-Anorexia or pro-Bulimia and greatly dislike these groups, which makes writing a guide on how NOT to eat sound almost appalling to me. I will however try, since I believe some useful information can come out of it if … Continue reading How NOT To Eat – Eating Disorders
Just as the title says, a guide on how NOT to follow lessons.
How NOT to be functional 