Cutting

Can someone explain to me where the stigma around cutting comes from?
Obviously I am not promoting cutting. It’s not healthy. And if someone’s cutting themselves because they feel like they deserve to be mutilated, well… that’s a different ball game. But I’ve met people who cut as a coping mechanism for stress. Several of them [...]

Just… talk

I am 28 years old.
It took me 28 years to figure something out. Something rather simple.
That simple thing is this: to have a conversation with someone, I just have to open my mouth and say whatever I’m thinking.
Sounds ludicrous that it took me so long to figure out that, doesn’t it? And yet it’s true.
That [...]

Medical model vs. recovery model

A lot of people ask me what the difference is between a medical model of treatment for mental illness and a recovery model.
You want to know what that difference is, in a nutshell?
The medical model treats me like a disease; the recovery model treats me like a person.