Hello and welcome to my blog, Why I Am Like I Am.
Like so many other people, my mental health journey has been a long and challenging one.
The blog records and shares my experiences and all the things I’ve learnt from living with mental health issues including OCD, PTSD, depression and anxiety, along with a significant inferiority complex over many years.
I should make it clear that I’m not a healthcare professional. My deepest knowledge has come from firsthand experience of living with mental illness. I hope you’ll find that this fact adds something fresh to the discussion, in turn providing a better understanding of mental health issues.
In the last decade I’ve asked a lot of questions as to why and how my mental health was the way it was. This led to a lot of research which, combined with the intimate knowledge I already had from my own experiences, ultimately provided a lot of answers. Some of these answers took years to discover and no doubt there are many more to be found.
The tremendous amount I’ve learnt so far has given me a greater knowledge and understanding of my own mental health issues and mental health generally.
I simply must share what I know with you. A lot of the information I want to share is not readily available, if at all, in the usual sources. I’ll dig as deep as I can into all the hows and whys of mental illness, including its origins, and I’ll try to be completely open and shame-free when it comes to the detail.
I hope you’ll find the blog interesting, and who knows, you might find something which is helpful in your life.
I truly hope so!
Latest Posts
- How My Mental Illness StartedToday we jump right into the nitty-gritty of how and why my mental illness started. I share this with you as a real-life example with a view to offering a better understanding of mental health issues. A word of warning: this post contains a discussion of childhood illness including cancer. I was seven years and seven months old when my… Read more: How My Mental Illness Started
- Mental Health Self AssessmentYou may be wondering how I’ve come to know so much about the development of my own mental illness. Today I’ll briefly talk about my journey of discovery which has brought me to the level of understanding I have today about my mental illness and mental health issues generally. This journey of discovery and research, which I refer to as… Read more: Mental Health Self Assessment
- Mental Health and ShameIn the blog I want to be as open and honest as I possibly can about my own experiences with mental illness and everything I’ve learnt along the way. The reason for this is that the richest, most helpful information I can give you will be information which is not limited by feelings of shame or self-interest. Discussing one’s mental… Read more: Mental Health and Shame
- A Fresh Perspective on Mental HealthHello everyone. Welcome to my blog! I’m thrilled to finally get this off the ground. I have so much that I want to share with you and I truly hope I can be a positive influence in your life. I want to take a really good look at what makes us the way we are, think the way we think,… Read more: A Fresh Perspective on Mental Health