The night of the 24th June after going up Leigh steps for the first time since running down them and as well after having an argument with Hannah regarding my mother I relapsed. Before bed I swallowed 18 or 19 tablets of Quetiapine 50mg in the hopes not to wake up. I wouldn’t say it was …
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Psychiatric Hospital
A while after my care-coordinator ‘E’ knew the extent of my self harm, she began to take my mental health more seriously. When she made a visit with another psych nurse, I told her how I felt and was instructed to go to the closest MHU immediately. It was either I go freely or get sectioned under …
Extreme self-harm
Writing this, it’s shocking how unwell I was. The events that led to the act of extreme self harm were as followed; I had confronted the person who abused me as a child, about 3 weeks before. About 2 weeks after this I had discovered that; without my permission, Hannah had told my Dad about the first lot of abuse I …
The beginning
I have struggled with my mental health for 5 years now, my diagnosis being PTSD and BPD. The catalyst fuelling the fire was going to a new sixth form- listening to cases in law class, similar to my own trauma and some making rape-related jokes. Not only that, but a so called ‘best friend’ had …
Uni second year
Second Year at University came to an abrupt end. First semester was a struggle after my lecturer had opened my eyes to something which explained why I had bladder infections as a young child. We were discussing child safeguarding and how to spot the signs of an abused child. The physical obvious ones like cuts and bruises, …
Beginning of university
During the summer I had spent time talking to people who would be moving in to the same halls of residence as me, in attempt to be more comfortable and confident by move in day. By the time Uni began, I had been with Hannah for 11 months and truly loved her with my whole heart! She stayed the first …
Sixth form @ ST.B’s
Returning to STB was a clean break. By this time group therapy had finished and I was receiving a one-to-one counselling in the same establishment. We had addressed our concerns about fitting in with the intake under my original year group. My friend Meg who was in my form from yr7-11 was now in the year above me. I was forced out …
Self Mental Health Progression 