Normal Anxiety Days VS Bad Anxiety Days

Trigger warning: descriptions of anxiety attacks Anx·i·ety \ aŋ-'zī-ə-tē\ an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear marked by physiological signs (sweating, tension and increased pulse), by doubt concerning the reality and nature of the threat, and by self-doubt and one’s capacity to cope with it. When every day is an opportunity for anxiety …

What It’s Like Being Suicidal and Poor

Trigger warning: discussions of suicide I’ve been waiting for four weeks to get an appointment with a psychiatrist after my last suicide attempt. If it wasn’t for the free counselling provided by NGOs I don’t know where I’d be. But USAID has been cut, NGOs are understaffed and I’ve used up all my free sessions. …

“I Wish I Had An Eating Disorder Like You”

Content warning: eating disorders That’s what people mean when they say they wish they were thin like me. A few days ago my sister said those words to me, like having an eating disorder is something eccentric and fun, something you can wear and remove whenever you feel like it. “I’m going to stop eating …

Shopping With Social Anxiety

A great part of being an adult involves successfully socialising (personally or professionally) with other people. So what happens when you’re an adult who suffers from social anxiety? Well, read on and find out why a 24 year old human had to ask her mother to go shopping with her. I’ve been invited to a …

What Depression Is and Isn’t

This came to me on Monday night when my mother was sitting on the bed across from me talking loudly about how I had to make a decision to stop being depressed. This was after I’d told her I was suicidal. I didn’t mention that I’d laid in bed on Thursday with a razor in …