Recently I went on a hiking trip with my aunts and I received important life lessons while doing so. Rather important lessons, might I say. As a Slovenian, coming from a nation of hikers, this activity is in my blood. But I still had to push myself and overcome some of the obstacles I was…
Category: Mental health
How antipsychotics and antidepressants saved my life.
It has been one year and five months since I started taking aripiprazole, and it has been ten months since I went on Prozac. These past year has been the best for my mental health since I can remember. Not just because of medicine, but because I truly found what works for me on my…
Dedicate yourself to your well-being.
Your recovery journey requires complete dedication from your side. It expects from you perseverance, vulnerability and openness. You must open your heart to it. I found that when I wasn’t available to recover emotionally, I wasn’t improving. What was expected from me was an absolute dedication to my well-being. When I gave it, everything changed. …
What to do when you feel anxious.
I am an expert on how to survive anxiety attacks. I’ve been suffering from anxiety since I can remember and I am currently on antipsychotics to help me handle the attacks. They used to be so strong that I would lie down on the floor, waiting for death to come and take me. My family…
Learn how to meditate in 4 steps.
As a very anxious person, I do not know what to do without my meditation practice. It is my safe haven that I can always rely on to make me feel at home. I have been meditating on and off for about 15 years, but only for the past few years, have I been serious…
Do I still have Borderline?
It is a difficult question to answer. Because yes I still have Borderline Personality Disorder but I don’t identify with it anymore. It doesn’t define me nor do I look at myself through the lens of BPD. Now, I use it as a guide through the darkness – to better understand myself and what I…
