Recently, I have been feeling lonely, and asked myself “Why Do I Feel Alone?” At the start of my healing journey, I was so overwhelmed with the pain triggered by …
How To Set Boundaries, And Why They Are So Important
I used to find it impossible to set boundaries of any kind. Growing up, my mind was moulded to a perspective of life that was: do what is asked of …
A Trauma Response: How To Recognise When You’re Triggered
You have probably heard a trauma response, the commonly known ones are: fight, flight, and freeze. But did you know there is actually a fourth one? The fawn response. What …
How To Value Yourself – Put Yourself First
This week has helped remind me that healing really isn’t straightforward. Each day requires an unwavering commitment to learning how to value yourself, even when you don’t feel like it. …
Negative Emotions Are As Important As Positive Ones
Why do we fear “negative emotions?” It’s scary to let negative emotions in; I get it. If you’re like me, you’ve been engulfed by them in the past. I developed …
Your Sense Of Self Needs To Be Better Understood, By You!
Sense of self. This has been a challenging one for me to write. When I stopped to actually think about how I see myself, I was stuck. It became painfully …
Borderline Personality Disorder: Addressing The Elephant In The Room
* Trigger warning: the following blog contains content relating to suicide, self-harm, and mental illness. – I wanted to make this post as honest as possible in the hopes that …
Mental Health: There Is No Place For Stigma Anymore
I want to start off by expressing how touched I am by the support I received from my first post. I was terrified to speak up at first, but seeing …
Are You Done Struggling With Mental Health? Me Too
Hi, I’m Faith. I’m 30 years old, and I’m healing myself. On top of that, I’m writing this blog. This is uncharted territory, so I have no idea if I’ll …