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Home warming
The last time I wrote about Scotland, it was not home. Home then was the arms of my girlfriend, the understanding of friends, and T.C., and the reconciliation of Taizé. Scotland was other and scary and very, very North. Home … Continue reading
Posted in Everything else, mental health, mental illness, trust, work
Tagged borderline personality disorder, bpd, cats, emotional validation, emotionally unstable personality disorder, eupd, group therapy, home, moving home, relationships, therapeutic community, therapy ending, true to self, work
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On beating my own drum
“Let each of you look not only to their own needs, but also to the needs of others” Philippians 2 v 4 NIV When I was an undergraduate, someone leading my Christian Union home group reported that, actually, in the … Continue reading
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Cutting off
Earlier this week, I was floating through therapy groups, quasi-conscious of what was being said. Exhausted from months of not being able to sleep before and after days spent there. And cut off. A hangover from the previous week’s work, … Continue reading
Oasis
The responsibility of the past few weeks has been amongst the most stressful work-related things I have endured. Fear that we weren’t living up to the museum’s standards; anxiety over visitors’ reactions, my own reactions to constantly being let down. … Continue reading
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Disk: full
My laptop is complaining that it has too little disk space. So is my online file storage. Downloading to my external hard drive has barely helped. Each day, the warning is declared. Disk: nearly full. As for me, my disk … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, avpd, balance, borderline personality disorder, bpd, coping, mental illness
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In the fast lane
I walk a pace: I can make it from Magdalen Street East to Queen’s Lane in under three minutes to get the coach to London in the mornings. On London days, I clear 10 000 steps, no problem. I am … Continue reading
Posted in character, church, Everything else, mental health, mental illness, work
Tagged anger, balance, borderline personality disorder, bpd, burn-out, church, fast lane, God, London, mental illness
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Sepia Novembers
As I was sat here on Saturday, writing, right where I am this morning, again doing just that, my grandfather died. Not that I knew that then. It was not unexpected: it followed a week in hospital in multiple organ failure, … Continue reading
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Breath of Light
I find it hard to calm down, to relax. To chill out. If there’s work to do, I find it nigh impossible to forget that it is there, and do anything else, until it is finished. The problem with this … Continue reading
Posted in character, church, disability, Everything else, mental health, prayer, trust, work, worship
Tagged abandonment, anxiety, auldgirth, borderline personality disorder, Christianity, church, dogs, God, jealousy, Lowther Hills, Psalm 23, Scotland, trust
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Belonging and Becoming 