One of my favourite films, is breakfast at Tiffany's, mainly because I understood it so well.  When I was first introduced to Miss Holly Golightly, I saw myself; a woman who felt so alone, so desperately sad and yet she pretended all was fine, pretended she didn't care, she didn't have emotions, she had no … Continue reading Breakfast at Tiffany’s

To be honest, when my psychotherapist suggested a diagnosis of BPD, I was pretty confused.  I had heard a fair amount about this before, and its British counterpart, EUPD, and from what I “knew”, it certainly wasn’t me. On top of thinking she had the wrong idea, I couldn’t help feeling a little angry, not … Continue reading My BPD diagnosis

  So, for those of you who don’t know, fibromyalgia is a painful condition that causes constant bodily pain.  It’s basically where the signals in your body are bit messed up and tell your brain that something hurts when there is actually nothing wrong with them.  There is a lot of research going into this … Continue reading Living with fibromyalgia

  So, I've already mentioned I have fibromyalgia and I thought it might be nice for me to explain exactly what happened during my assessment, so that anyone worried about an upcoming appointment might be able to calm themselves a bit. I was personally extremely nervous about my appointment, as my letter had said the … Continue reading My fibromyalgia assessment

So, today I went to a funeral, or rather a memorial service, for an old friend.  I've been to them before, obviously, more times than I ever wanted to, but today felt a bit different.  I realised that, although we have funerals to say goodbye to people we've lost, they're really for the people left … Continue reading Funerals

So, over the years, I've been diagnosed with some pretty awesome stuff, and lots of it.  And yes, I’m being sarcastic; after all, I’m British.  But besides sarcasm, another thing us British people do well is “stiff upper lip”.  For those unfamiliar with this phrase, it means essentially, keep calm and carry on.  Don’t tell … Continue reading Stiff upper lip