Did a Cult Land Me in the Psychiatric Ward?
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‘I Was Like the Girl in ‘The Princess Diaries’
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Hope Rewired: How deep brain stimulation changed my journey with Parkinson’s disease
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AI Coders Walk Around in Public With Laptops Open to Keep Agents Going
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I Thought I’d Be on a GLP-1 by Now
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I felt so insecure – then I got my diagnosis
I couldn’t open up to people and show the ‘real me’ for fear that I’d be too vulnerable…
I was so depressed I couldn’t even drink water
One of the worst aspects of my episodes was the shame that accompanied those days of lying in…
Coping with the anxiety of not knowing what’s going on inside my brain
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Weight Loss and Strength Training
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I’ve lived with mental illness long enough to know most of the work happens quietly
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My psychosis got so bad I started thinking I was a God
After the mania came the madness (Picture: Cal Speet) When the medical team collected me from my mother’s house in…
Doctors ignored my symptoms – but took my boyfriend seriously when he intervened
I felt relief – as well as confusion (Picture: Steve Ullathorne) ‘Have you tried being less stressed?’ the…