Pea 🐼🌱

🧠Self-appointed expert by experience in mental illness. CPTSD, OCD • 32 👵🏻 • Strongly relate to pandas 🐼 • Hoping to find support from people who understand

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

Hey #MentalHealth Twitter 👋 Hoping to connect with some likeminded people. Seeking & offering support.

Struggling with #OCD, #CPTSD & #SelfHarm. Currently having #EMDR therapy so everything’s a bit raw

Please follow me & feel free to intro yourself/ask questions 🙂

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

@koiurbeloved Thank you so much for replying 😘 I’m still trying to resist x

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

Getting so bored of obsessing about self harm. Feel like I should just do it & get it out the way 😩

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

FFS 😩

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

@GraceyOutreach How can they be so confident & adamant at giving a diagnosis after one meeting? That is ridiculous

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

@RITB_ https://t.co/wBxuENcDts

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

I really do feel like I��ve struggled with my mental health for far too long because I was given a personality disorder label - which I adamantly & repeatedly disagreed with - & not offered trauma-specific therapy or help & support with OCD

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

Psychiatrist recently wrote to GP about medication & included the diagnosis of EUPD. No mention of OCD, which I’ve struggled with since age 15 & one of the main things I’m struggling with at the moment. The PD label clouds everything. They can’t see past it

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

I really do feel like I’ve struggled with my mental health for far too long because I was given a personality disorder label - which I adamantly & repeatedly disagreed with - & not offered trauma-specific therapy or help & support with OCD

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

Had to beg for help last year when feeling suicidal, was finally offered EMDR therapy for trauma. Psychologist agrees with me that my symptoms far more in line with CPTSD than BPD/EUPD but says psychiatrist will be reluctant to change diagnosis. Why?!

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

Pre-ordered this. Looking forward reading.
#DropTheDisorder #TraumaNotPD

[Dr. Jessica Taylor @DrJessTaylor]

My second book (makes me sound like a proper author!) is due out in a month and I have so much press booked I am SO excited to get this out to you all.

Sexy But Psycho: How The Patriarchy Uses Women’s Trauma Against Them

Read the summary here: https://t.co/3Zm56tajO0

[Recovery in the Bin @RITB_]

Lots of women are increasingly avoiding seeking help with their mental health because they are afraid they will be labelled with PD.

Is this even on psychiatrists radar?

[Dee #NeedSpoons @hine_dee]

Time for a re-outing of one of my graphics (that I had forgotten about!) Thanks @dropthedisorder #BPD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #EUPD #PD #Depression #Anxiety #SelfHarm #Suicide #TraumaNotPD #HarmedByPDLabel #TraumatisedByMHServices #AbandonedByMHServices

[John Elsey @JohnElsey11]

Some patients with mental health issues can be;
Dishonest , difficult , challenging or manipulative .

Some mental health professionals can be ;
Dishonest , difficult , challenging or manipulative .

Sometimes people can be ;
Dishonest , difficult , challenging or manipulative .

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

@bpd_venting Good luck! I found it useful - just need to remember to use the skills, which can be difficult when you’re in crisis or really emotional x

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

@notestomyboy Oh I’m so sorry to hear that. Really hope you can find something to help really soon x

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

@ocdsmh Oof, relatable.

[Peculiar Species 🐞 @PrematureTantie]

I hate when ppl ask me "why would you do that to yourself?"

Idk, I'm ill. I'm fucking mental. I don't always have an explanation that will make sense to others.

It feels like such a judgmental thing to ask a struggling person.

[Recovery in the Bin @RITB_]

"With the right support" you can recover.

So much hinges on those 4 little words.

[karen unrue @KarenUnrue]

Lessons from an ageing lesbian 😀

[Pea 🐼🌱 @Glum__Panda]

@KarenUnrue Your voice is so calming & reassuring & I need you to read all of my self-help books to me! 🙈