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A Modern Leper: Self-injury, stigma and shame
Trigger warning: I talk about self-injury a lot in this post, and one paragraph contains a fairly explicit description of the evidence that someone else had been self-injuring. Please don’t read this post/ that particular paragraph if you think you … Continue reading
Posted in Self harm
Tagged depression, high school, regret, scars, self harm, shame, social anxiety disorder, suicide, work
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Three years self-injury free
I never thought I would have been able to go this long without cutting during the worst depressive episode of my life. I am so, so glad that self-injury is no longer a part of my life. I hope it … Continue reading
The long-term consequences of self-injury
Trigger warning: I talk about self-injury and scars Though I’ve gone over 2 years without cutting myself, I’m still facing the consequences of self-injury, and will likely continue to do so for the rest of my life. My scars have … Continue reading
Posted in Self harm
Tagged alternatives to self-injury, family, scars, self-conciousness, self-injury, social anxiety disorder
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SA Meet Number 5
In a rare and exciting turn of events, I actually left the house and ventured out amongst other human beings today. Because the annual Edinburgh festival is on right now, the city centre is very, very busy. This proved quite … Continue reading
Posted in Social Anxiety
Tagged alcohol, anxiety, awkwardness, crowds, depression, depression and friendship, Edinburgh festival, exposure therapy, filming, museum, numb, online friend, prescription drugs, random people mocking me, SA meet, scars, self medicating, social anxiety disorder, suicide, weird
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University/ job stress
Warning: this post is basically just one big (probably quite boring) rant about various things in my life that are stressing me out right now. If you don’t want to put up with me blabbing on about university/ job-related stuff … Continue reading
Post-holiday update
I got back from my holiday – which was mostly enjoyable – on Sunday. The food there was fantastic and the people were very friendly. The first week was great, though my mood was worse during the second week, mostly … Continue reading
Posted in Depression
Tagged angry, career, driving, family, high school memories, holiday, hopelessness, loneliness, online friends, SA achievements, scars, seether, self harm, sister, stress, suicidal, university
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One year self-harm free
*Some parts of this post may be triggering* I’m still not quite sure how, but I’ve managed to go a whole year now without self-harming. It has been extremely difficult not to at times but I’ve somehow managed to get … Continue reading
Posted in Positivity, Self harm
Tagged addiction, alternatives, ice pack, recovery, scars, self harm
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SA and my life – Part 3(2) (University)
I finally have my Chistmas holidays now – and a much needed break from university – so will be updating my blog more often in the next few weeks. I apologise again for the jumbled, tedious mess of a post … Continue reading
Posted in Life Story
Tagged aspergers, autism, CBT, disability living allowance, family, holidays, mental health, mum, scars, self harm, social anxiety disorder, university
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SA and my life – Breakdown
Trigger warning: suicide and self harm are mentioned throughout this post. The first few weeks of this year were perhaps the worst of my life so far. We went to a family party on New Year’s Day but I just … Continue reading
Posted in Life Story
Tagged 18th birthday, breakdown, depression, family, mum, psych ward, psychiatrist, scars, self harm, sertraline, suicidal, university
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Diary of a social phobic 