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To update you
There have been a lot of things going on in my life, and they’re all blog-worthy. Unfortunately, it seems that the more blog-worthy the topic, the less able I feel to write about it at the moment. To...
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Therapy: (Belated) Post Assessment Assessment
Ok, so I am determined to start writing about some of the crap going on in my head at the moment, because it can’t hurt and it might just help. And to get the ball rolling, I should probably update you...
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The perils of being female
I don’t know why I can’t have a socially acceptable illness. First I get slammed with mental illnesses, and now I might have endometriosis. It could be that a lot of symptoms that I’ve never really...
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Tales from the gynaecologist
Just had my much-feared appointment with a Consultant Gynaecologist. I got to go to a fancy private clinic as my parents have health insurance – a bloody good job as I’d have had to wait 18 weeks to...
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Learning to live
The true test of recovery is not how many good days you have, but how you deal with the bad days when they inevitably come.
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News in brief
Positive: I got my results for my first year. Of the 8 courses I took, I got one 2.1… and seven firsts! Unbelievably happy and pretty damn proud of myself. Negative: Got weighed prior to going on the...
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University cuts in real terms
Drastic university cuts probably wouldn’t have stopped me going to university. I’m lucky: I got good grades, and I am comfortable enough to take out loans because I know my family could help if things...
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Guilty secret
I’ve been taking 120mg/day of duloxetine for nearly six months now. My GP pointed out that it’s a very good argument for people like me with ‘moderate’ mental health problems (i.e. not mild...
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I’ll be using condoms rather than socks
Can I just say how proud I am to live in a country where the NHS leaves people waiting years for access to psychological therapies, where you have to wait at least 3 months to see a Consultant in most...
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Mmm, vegetables…
All important diet update: We are one month in, and I have lost 11 pounds, which is potentially pretty impressive, but I don’t feel any thinner at all! I don’t know where it’s coming from (although I...
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