Before you go through a checklist and say “that’s me!”, understand why diagnosing yourself is dangerous.
The Joys of Getting a Diagnosis
Few people enjoy getting diagnoses because of everything that follows – the generalisation, the stigma, the discrimination… However, I cannot help but wonder whether there is a silver lining to receiving a diagnosis. A relief, of sorts.
Coming Out – Telling Someone About Your Mental Illness
Being diagnosed with a mental illness can be a life-changing event that is frightening, and it has the potential to make you feel alone. It…
Anxiety
People suffering from anxiety disorders often face more than a few minutes or hours of uncomfortable anxiety. Their anxiety goes on for longer periods of…
DSM-5: A brief introduction [#Blog4MH]
When you get to reading about mental disorders and diagnoses, it is very likely you will run into acronyms such as DSM-5, DSM-V, DSM-IV, and DSM-IV-TR. This is a short…
Mental Illness: Commonly misused terms
Mental illness is a term that seems to be appearing often in the media now. On television, in the cinema, on the news, you hear people…