Everyone has a story
On a Monday morning, 5th November 2018, I got the worse phone call of my life. My dad died so suddenly. Words still can't describe how I feel because I still feel so empty and numb. I cannot accept it right now. So I went doctors and have been diagnosed with depression. I have never experienced this before. Just a horrible dark cloud on me all the time feel so lonely so isolated.
Read MoreI was 35 at the time so it felt like time wasn’t on my side either. Our first round of IVF was pretty uneventful and resulted in no pregnancy. A few months later when it was ‘convenient’ to try another round of IVF (it had to fit around my busy work schedule right?!) I overstimulated from the hormones I was injecting. Overstimulating is very serious. Let me explain it simply… you can die.
Read MoreIn 2015, I found a way to leave my abusive partner. I had spent 5 years loving a man who belittled me, called me names, treated me poorly, and left me bruised and broken. For 5 years he slowly but surely tore me apart, and by the time I actually left, I was but a shell of who I used to be. I had begun to believe the words he so readily used to describe me - "useless bitch", "worthless", "stupid cow", "fat, ugly mummy". And still I loved him.
Read MoreDue to trauma at 15 years old I suffered with anxiety and depression, I developed an eating disorder and I had PTSD. For so long it was so hard to accept treatment because I felt so judged and didn’t quite understand what was going on. I’m 25 years of age and after 10 years battling with mental illness I’ve hit a breakthrough and it’s something I want to share.
Read MoreThis year I have decided enough is enough and to turn my world around and face my fears. This in part is because I have entered into a very healthy, supportive relationship, which has opened my eyes to how toxic a lot of the relationships are in my life. I am on the cusp of facing my toxic parents by telling them how I actually feel.
Read MoreWe all have a back story on how we got to where we are today - this is mine. It was 2007, I was 36 years old, I was going through a divorce for the second time; my dreams shattered again. I was a single mum of three children with no training or education in any particular profession, and no sustainable way to support them. I was at the lowest point of my life.
Read MoreNine years ago, I was 14 at the time, I lost my big brother to suicide. He didn't live with us anymore but came home that night. In the years that followed I went to counseling due to not being able to sleep. I barely kept at counseling though. I said I was fine and that was that.
Read MoreMy childhood was full of trauma and I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety at the age of 10 years old and I continued to struggle through my teenage years being surrounded by family members who were struggling with addictions.
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