The Home for Writers with Neurological Conditions
Recently, a ‘Check Mate’ of mine sent a bunch of us a group message saying they were struggling to cope on their own and needed help. Around the same time, another friend made a public announcement that he had lost a loved one. Dozens of people flocked to show support. Some of us (like me!) […]
I have a 9-year-old son who was recently diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome. We are from Nairobi, Kenya. It took the earth to correctly diagnose this condition, as nobody in Kenya seems to know about it. After seeing 13 doctors, doing a myriad of tests and being given several different diagnoses, we were forced to travel […]
Today, I have the great pleasure of being the host on Day 10 of Erica Tucci’s Virtual Blog Tour. Erica’s book Radiant Survivor: How to Shine and Thrive through Recovery from Stroke, Cancer, Abuse, Addiction and Other Life-Altering Experiences is celebrating its big Amazon launch on November 19th, 2013 at http://www.radiantsurvivor.com/book-launch/pages/pre-launch.php Although the author reflects […]
‘Who Knows What the Future Holds?’ by Lee Haynes When I was a toddler, I had a serious head injury. I first had anxiety when I was about six or seven years old. I remember chewing my way through my jumper sleeves like I was frantically gnawing through bark. My earliest memory of being depressed […]
‘I just want to be happy – is that too much to ask for?’ An Anonymous Story I have Bipolar, Borderline Personality Disorder and many other anxiety issues. My thirteen-year-old son has severe ADHD, ODD, Dyslexia, Learning Difficulties, severe behavioural problems and thought processing problems. We are both medicated for our illnesses. We have both […]
‘My Story’ by ‘The Bipolar Bandit’ My name is Michelle Hughes and I started suffering from severe depression at the age of thirteen. I would just cry and cry for no reason, and I could not concentrate or do simplest tasks like vacuuming. I would miss two weeks of school at a time. I had […]
‘The Kids Aren’t Alright’ An autism story by ‘Heather’ My first-born child is autistic, but it took many years to learn this. I didn’t know he was different until he was four years old. Now, at the age of twelve, life is just so hard for him – not that it has ever been great […]
‘Thinsane’ – An Anonymous Story about Anorexia I could stop this any time I feel like it. That’s what I’ve always told myself ever since this thing commenced. Firmly, I believed I was playing a game; that all of this was some sick kind of put-on. I had to be faking it. After all, I […]
‘Am I Autistic?’ by ‘Derek Thomas’ Am I autistic? Maybe. Not wholly convinced, but that’s the diagnosis. Took the medical profession over four decades to come up with that, but they seem quite convinced by now. Still not buying it. I don’t lack empathy. Far from it. Emotions mean as much to me as to […]
‘A Very Lonely Time’ by ‘April’ I remember feeling extremely sad from the age of nine. I preferred being at school. When Friday came and others looked forward to the weekend, holiday or summer breaks, I would dread it. I never knew what mood my mother would be in, overly happy and enthusiastic or withdrawn […]