Everyone is safe
Three weeks in, three weeks out. Longer now, but I wrote these words, longhand, after I’d been out of hospital three weeks. I’m typing them now, with today’s point of…
Day 20 – October 20th 2018
I’m still living as a bit of a hermit, avoiding eye contact. The weekends are boring. No group sessions, so I spent today watching episodes of Episodes and LoLing out…
Day 16 – October 16 2018
Didn’t get my BP taken this morning. Waking up was hard enough. A nurse woke me at 8.10 to remind me to go and take my meds. They like to…
Day 11 – October 11 2018
BP 105/70 They tell me to drink more water, all I hear is: “Drink more coffee.” We were talking last night about the good old days, when people with “mental…
Day 9 – October 9, 2018
The one where they teach us about self-compassion. Studies have shown that entrepreneurs become entrepreneurs because they want to. But, the ones who remain successful are those who are self-compassionate…
Day 8 – October 8 2018 – I wouldn’t bother reading this
I came back and went right to sleep after sending a long message to Jeff. They woke me up at nearly midnight to make me take my night meds. I…
30 September 2018 – The Day I Tell My Parents
Before intake Only parts of my mother’s house are still a shrine. Mostly I find little school photos, smaller than passport photos, tucked into the corners of photo frames around…