forget your faith in me

What I Wish I’d Said

‘I’m really trying, just give me a little more time.’

‘I need more help.’

‘This is my body and you don’t get to have an opinion on it.’

‘You are one of the best things that ever happened to me……’

‘I’m so unbelievably proud of you.’

‘I’m not sorry and I stand by what I say.’

‘That really hurt me, and you don’t get to tell me it didn’t.’

‘No.’

What is something that you…

You Were Bad Enough

‘I’ll recover when I get to XX kg’ ‘I’m not bad enough to get help’ ‘If I was ill someone would have noticed.’ ‘I want to be worse before I get better’ ‘I’m not bad enough’

Sounds familiar right?

I hate that the stigmas of mental illness steer us towards stereotypes – we have to act a certain way or look a certain way to be seen as ill or be treated with the understanding and respect we…