About

Lauren / 24 / Melbourne

Depression / Anxiety / Borderline Personality Disorder / EDNOS

I’m more than my labels, but somedays they are all that I am.

The best piece of writing advice I’ve received was from my dad; when I’m writing and I’m putting everything out there, write what I want to write, and not what people want to hear. That’s something I remember every time I think my writing is becoming too selfish or too scary.

So I’m not here to inspire hope for recovery or to convince people that things will get better. I’m here to be selfish and to write what is real. It’s candid. It’s not nice. And it will be hard for those close to me to read.

Welcome to my here and now; mental illness from the inside out. Having gone ten years being afraid of being told I was attention seeking, or making it up; ten years of hiding my mental illness(es) as well as I could, I’ve decided to put it all out there. I mean, hiding it clearly wasn’t working, and at this point, where the lows are terrible and not exactly hidden, there really is nothing to lose by being honest.

I’m writing my truth.