I hope you are all well. I don’t yet feel ready to come back to the world of blogging, but being that it’s World Mental Health Day, I did post a different kind of video on my YouTube channel this morning – and I thought I would share.
xxx
I hope you are all well. I don’t yet feel ready to come back to the world of blogging, but being that it’s World Mental Health Day, I did post a different kind of video on my YouTube channel this morning – and I thought I would share.
xxx
BY LAUREN HAYLEY 
Reblogged this on NorthernRose's Ramblings and commented:
A brave and inspiring video. Thanks Lauren.
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Lauren you are an amazing, brave and inspiring young lady. keep it up
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Good to see you here! I’ve really been enjoying your channel and I hate that I can’t comment there because I don’t have a channel. Anyway, love the videos and you seem like a natural at it!
Thank you for sharing your story and raising awareness. ❤
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good to have you back, if only for a moment. here’s to you continued wellness journey.
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Hi, I’ve had depression and anxiety since age 12. I am 31. I started
recovering round age 24 and felt ok for 5-6 years Unfortunately last year I
burnt out at work and had one of the worst psychological induced physical
symptoms: a one year urinary infection symptoms that no treatment
would make go away because it was a psychiatric issue. I peed every 5
minutes, I had severe insomnia, ended up locked up in a psych ward
where I felt even worse physically and mentaly and was highly sedated. I
attempted suicide twice in the same week, the latest suicide attempt
leaving me with a broken femur (I jumped from a two-storey emergency staircase). The urinary symptoms were gone by then but I stayed 3 months
in a wheelchair until my femur got fixed. It got fixed and I could walk
again, until a x ray showed that my femur was broken again. I am
awaiting an implant. I am mentaly better but still have bad dreams about what happened to me these last 12 months. Thanks for sharing about mental illness. We are so misunderstood.
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I am so glad things are on the up, even if it is slow. I’m very glad it is moving in the right direction. Your bravery in this is truly inspiring. Thank you.
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Lauren, thanks for sharing. It makes me look back at my life, at when my panic attacks began, and wonder if there was anything I could’ve done not to suffer so long. But I truly thought I was weird, crazy for having the symptoms I did. So I didn’t want to go to a doctor and try to explain something I could hardly put into words. Thank goodness I finally went in my early 30s and got medical help. I’m enjoying your video posts on your channel! I was wondering why I couldn’t comment, but I see from someone else’s comment here that I can’t write anything if I don’t have a channel. (that’s hard for me not to comment, because you know I like to, haha!) I love your hair 🙂 Take care!
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Really beautiful! Thanks for sharing 🙂 I’ll be making a similar post for Mental Health Day
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Incredibly courageous video. Helped me make some connections between events in my life. I appreciate the help.
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Thank you for not only standing up for yourself but for pretty much every human person. We all deserve to live in a world that celebrates mental health rather than stigmatizes it. It’s good to see a post from you again! Glad to know you are ok. Wishing you the best!
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Hi Lauren. It was nice to see and hear from you. Thank you for sharing your story. I agree we need to talk about it and end the stigma. I too have struggled with mental illness since childhood, but I didn’t see counseling until college and since then it has been a long road of 2 suicide attempts 14 and 21. Different meds and doctors and therapists. My bipolar is not stable; it is constantly shifting even with meds and therapy twice a week. I too had borderline. Thanks for helping me feel I’m not alone. You rock!
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positive vibes your way, you brave girl!
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Thank you💕💕
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Thanks for sharing your story! It was great hearing from you
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I’ve shared your story on my twitter site @TheResilientEzi and my tumbr site http://ezi2015.tumblr.com/
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Wow, thank you! I appreciate your honesty and bravery!
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Brilliant! I know how difficult it is to open up about MH problems, and what it is to ‘live with it’ until you run yourself into the ground. I’ve been there too, and have fought for an accurate diagnosis. I have GAD, Anxious Avoidant PD, I’ve had Anorexia, Depression…a messy mixture of conditions that made no sense to me. Hearing you speak out about BPD in particular is encouraging, because there is still huge stigma attached to it (I have some traits, but have never had a formal diagnosis). Anyway…I ramble…you’ve done a great thing here. I wish you the best of luck with your ongoing treatment. x
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Bravely done, Lauren.
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Thank you for sharing. I, too sought help while in school.. Sparing details, it didn’t work out well. I received real help in my 20’s. I’m glad that you’re making progress. It’s a process.
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You are really brave for sharing your story! I also nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award!
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Oh thank you so much, I really appreciate that! 🙂
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Oh thank you so much! I really appreciate that! 🙂
My new blog: http://www.laurensowter.com
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