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Free Mental Health Resources – Explore a growing library of free mental health resources created with warmth, care, and lived experience. From journaling tools to skill-building support, this page brings together approachable guidance and gentle encouragement for navigating your mental wellbeing.

Blog, Mental Health

It’s the small wins

August 26, 2020January 15, 2024 elizablooms

"It's not even particularly that I think people hate me. I just cannot be alone. It drives me insane. Had such a nice evening but walk into the house alone and just break down and I don't understand. I need my meds back. This is absolute torture. Agony." I started writing that a couple of… Continue reading It’s the small wins

Tagged BPD, Depression, Mental Health, Mental Illness2 Comments
Blog, Mental Health

The whole world collapsing

August 25, 2020January 15, 2024 elizablooms

Something so small, and the entire world collapses in on me, like a star imploding in my chest and darkness spreading from there. The pain is physical. As if my heart is breaking in every one of my nerve endings over and over again. I can't breathe. I can just cry and think and obsess… Continue reading The whole world collapsing

Tagged BPD, Dissociation, Mental Health, Mental Illness4 Comments
Blog, Mental Health

Everything hurts

August 20, 2020January 15, 2024 elizablooms

I've been without meds for nearly a week now due to a royal fuck up with my prescriptions and I thought I was doing okay because they're definitely not the meds I need to be on, but I think the withdrawal is starting to take its effect now. Literally been blinking tears for hours, I… Continue reading Everything hurts

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Dedicated to mental health advocacy, writing from lived experience of mental illness and mental health recovery in the UK.

Writing with the hope of helping others navigate recovery with things like complex trauma, depression, anxiety, BPD and alcohol or substance abuse.

Also a big DBT advocate sharing real-life tools for emotional regulation, one day at a time. 

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Alcohol-Free SinceApril 27, 2021
4.9 years ago.

Mental Health, BPD & DBT Resources

Welcome to a growing library of free, trauma-informed mental health resources to support you on your healing journey, wherever you're currently at. From downloadable ebooks, DBT resources and skill guides, printable diary cards and mood trackers, to honest reflections, emotional regulation tools, and entries from my own recovery path, everything here is designed to meet you authentically and without judgment.

Whether you’re exploring Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) skills, navigating life with BPD, or simply looking for reflective mental health journal prompts to help regulate your emotions, there’s something here for you. These tools are crafted from lived experience, and you'll find my own tried-and-tested, creative ways to build emotional resilience: one page, one prompt, one day at a time.

Alcohol-Free Since April 27, 2021 | Healing out loud, always.

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