Sarah Elle

Bipolar-Addict-Childhood Trauma-Provisional Psych-Child Protection Worker-Neuroscience Nerd-Blogger CANDID CRAZY-MH advocate-Lifelong Learner-Coffee Fiend ☕✌🌺

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

Wonder what its like to be a drug user who can't face themselves? I've just brain dumped this into a post.

#addict #addiction #recovery #substanceuse #substancemisuse #keeptalkingMH #influencerrt @BloggersTribe @BloggingBabesRT @BlurtAlerts

https://t.co/pv4wRn2Qs2

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

@senlearnuk Thank you 😊💕 He's doing very well! Grown so big, he's great company and so energetic and destroys everything haha xx

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

A week ago I was counting my meds to see if I had enough to kill myself. I didnt have enough with me.

Today, I made small steps towards a better future.

Imagine if I'd had enough meds on that desperate night. A scary thought indeed.

#SuicideAwareness #bipolardisorder

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

@senlearnuk Thank you for the kind words as always! ❤

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

People dont have the stamina for #mentalillness

I get it - its a hard slog supporting someone with poor #mentalhealth

But try living with a brain that tells you to kill yourself on repeat 24/7

When its all over people say "it was so sudden & unexpected"

But was it really?

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

@sarahlocksie Yes its very difficult and sad 😢

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

My #bipolar symptoms today:

➡intense agitation that manifests in a tight chest & shallow, rapid breathing
➡being more social (online)
➡chaotic thoughts/ideas
➡trying to do multiple things at once
➡feeling reckless

#bipolardisorder #mentalillness #Mentalhealth

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

@senlearnuk Thank you 😊 Yes we are. Fires coming up closer, some about 6kms away but fire fighters have done a top job keeping them under control. So we are safe and smoke has cleared a lot 💕

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

The colour of our skies from bushfire smoke. The smoke is everywhere, choking us, even inside our homes. Still, I'm lucky that fires haven't reached our doorstep just yet.

#bushfirecrisis #bushfires #bushfireaustralia

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

Have your say, Australia! I did!

#bipolar #bipolardisorder #mentalillness #Mentalhealth #EndTheStigma

[MHCSA @MHCoalitionSA]

If you live with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anorexia nervosa, PTSD, or another complex mental health challenge—please take a quiet moment to fill out the SANE Australia 'Our Turn To Speak' survey: https://t.co/wDV3v6XjYI

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

@RealAssTalkNow I feel this so hard. 🙌🙌🙌

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

@Roster192 Right here 🙋

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

@sarahlocksie @MentalHealthNew @AnonymousSchizo @TreatYoBrain @MindCharity @Courtne10171620 @RespectYourself @Stargazerx5 Ppl don't understand that when you're in the midst of depression or mania-related rage/agitation or just generally chaotic, you can't just "pull yourself together". If we could, WE WOULD!

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

@WeTalkMH I read somewhere that when the news is full of sad stories, look for the helpers. There's always ppl helping. As we go through this bushfire crisis in Australia, amongst all the fear & horror, there's an atmosphere of camaraderie & ppl helping complete strangers 💕

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

*** i.e. its true that some services have that attitude ... the statement about working with people with that diagnosis is NOT true 😊

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

So very true, even in Australia.
DBT isn't widely available in rural areas like where I live & its really expensive to access. I also know of local services who won't take on "borderlines" because "they're a lost cause & too hard to work with". Disgraceful but true.

#BPD

[Talking About BPD @TalkingAboutBPD]

People with #BPD need equal access to services. It’s currently a postcode lottery.

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

@senlearnuk We're still safe, closest fire being about 80kms away. But there are 100+ fires in our state alone, so we're watching the updates closely in case one sparks up closer. The main concern for me at th moment is asthma & bronchitis in all this smoke. But still, we're so lucky 🙏

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

@senlearnuk I'm sort of just putting faith in our fire services & government who have been systematically setting up evacuation sites when/where needed. I do have family in other areas & we'll host one another as well if any of us need to leave. We're blessed to be in a developed country 🙏

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

Thank you @pink for your generosity 🙏 ❤

I can barely breathe with the smoke filled air & eerie fall of ash from grey skies. I dont know if people I care about are safe, displaced or even alive. The fires creep closer to our home. We are living through hell here in Australia

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

@swinton57 That's fair enough. I do understand and agree that there is a lack of understanding in the general public about MH services e.g. most lay people I encounter don't know the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist.

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

@swinton57 That's ok. We're all entitled to our opinion and to be honest, I probably would've agreed with you up until my own diagnosis at 32. Drs had misdiagnosed me for 17 years until I recognized my own symptoms as bipolar disorder & found a psychiatrist who listened.

[Sarah Elle @SarahElle18]

@senlearnuk @Pink Thank you. It's quite harrowing but I'm so very lucky to be safe at the moment, although the fires are creeping closer each day. I'm moved by how much community spirit has come out and how concerned people overseas are about it ❤