Suicide is always described as an escape from the pain and terror. But, for me, suicide is the pain and terror I want to escape.

Examining the commonly used healthcare phrase "nobody comes to work to harm people"

A detailed examination of the development and implementation of SIM.

Lived-Experience Perspectives of Genital and Breast Self-Harm

The harm of "personality disorder" is not just the stigma, it is the construct itself.

Mental health services are often described as risk averse, but whose risk are they actually avoiding?

Breaking down the BPD myths which exist in mental health services and inform abusive and discriminatory care

References for the Dissecting BPD Healthcare Mythology blog post

We need to challenge the belief that some ways of working in mental health services are inherently "harm-free".

Naming something "trauma-informed" does not automatically make it so.

Multidisciplinary team meetings which exclude patients are unethical, trauma-uninformed, and have no place in modern healthcare.

Exploration of the misuse of positive risk-taking in mental health services.

Insight in mental health is not just about patient insight. The insight of clinicians can make or break a therapeutic relationship.

"...nothing makes sense anymore. I am suddenly aware of two worlds, and no longer know which one is real."

Exploring Mental Health Patient and Survivor Experiences of being told "You Have the Capacity to End Your Life"

Discussing the apparent similarities between autism & borderline personality disorder. Are autistic people being misdiagnosed with BPD?

An open letter to NHS mental health services, explaining why I must discharge myself.

Does a lack of trust from mental health patients indicate we have trust issues, or are in a service with trustworthiness issues?

The curse of the paper-self: a version of you created entirely by the thoughts, words and expectations of people who then forget you exist.

Power dynamics in mental health services replicate abusive relationships. For this reason I can never "recover", but merely hope to survive.

"Mental health professionals do not own the narrative of lives they do not live."

An overview of the behaviourist theory which underlies the High Intensity Network's model of care.

"Psychiatry is, and has always been, an active participant in the subjugation of vulnerable, abused, and misunderstood people.."