A place to share my thoughts, struggles, experiences, reflections and, most importantly, my hope.
Anniversaries are often cause for celebration, for remembering, reflecting and gathering with family and friends. Last month was my birthday; in a week it’s my parents wedding anniversary. These are anniversaries of exciting things, of birth and committments. But there are difficult anniversaries too – those days that we could play over and over in…
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Having had a little more time to process my diagnosis (Borderline Personality Disorder/Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder) I thought I’d share a little more of what BPD feels like day to day. In particular, I wanted to share a little about how BPD impacts the way I relate to others, how it impacts how tired I…
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Having experienced anxiety and depression for over a decade, navigating life with mental illness is something that I have become very familiar with. But recently, after quite a thorough process, I received a new diagnosis: Borderline Personality Disorder, or BPD for short. Around a year ago I didn’t know much about BPD, and it’s still…
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If I wanted to, there are probably a lot of letters that I could put after my name, though only one of them would bear any educational significance. Clare D, BA, BPD, SSA, PCOS, HSP. You may or may not know what all of these stand for, and some are more significant to me than others.
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The Lilies of the Field 