Hi friends! It's the blog you've all been waiting for. I promised to write part two of my journey seeking help for my mental illness, and here it is. If you missed part one, here it is. Warning: there are descriptions of self harm in this blog. Previously on the mental illness diaries~ I left off the last blog saying that I didn't seek help again for my mental health issues for aboooout another two years. During that two years, my mental illness didn't just lie dormant - it probably got much much worse (aka it did get worse, I know it did, you know it did, we all know it did). Things got worse - and that's not to say that I didn't have good and happy times too, because I did. I had some wonderful times, but I also had a lot of times where things were just really bleak and I didn't want to exist.

Mental healthSam McKenna4 December 2017anxiety, depression, mental health, mental illness, psychologistComment

part one: i'm broken but i'll try

Last week, I did something HISTORICAL. I went to Headspace - I made an appointment and I followed through and I for one am absolutely shocked. For those who've stuck around as my friend for a while, you might already know that over the last 6~ish years of diagnosed depression/anxiety, I have tried like........ very many times to start seeing a psychologist and only once made it to the stage of actually seeing a psychologist. I try really hard to be open about my mental illness and my experiences dealing with it, but I don't think I've ever really documented it beyond a vague post here or there. I was going to write this all up as one post but it's becoming way too long so I'm going to break it up into parts. This is part 1.

Mental healthSam McKenna16 October 2017mental health, mental illness, personal, psychologist Comments