Fair well my bubble family

Today is my last day in the clinic. After 17 days of calling the Acacia ward my home, I'm being discharged today. But here's the thing, I am so filled with mixed emotions; and you probably asking yourselves why the heck, am I just not happy to be leaving. The answer is simple, as much … Continue reading Fair well my bubble family →

So the Diagnosis is Officially In

My frustration is over, my diagnosis is official.......I have BIPOLAR MOOD DISORDER. It's a mental diseases guys, just like Diabetes. The weird thing here is no one will question a person diagnosed with Diabetes, because that's just accepted by society as a norm, understandable disease. However I guarantee, when people hear that you are diagnosed … Continue reading So the Diagnosis is Officially In →

The Lost Boy

So my journey in Glen View psychiatric ward, has taught me one thing. After years of hiding behind so many "masks" to make other people feel important, appreciated, wanted, or whatever they needed to feel at that time in their life.......I landed up loosing myself in the process. So much so that I don't know … Continue reading The Lost Boy →

Feeling Down is OK

This morning I woke up and just couldn't stop crying. I can't tell you why because I don't know myself. I feel trapped in a body that's mind doesn't know what it wants to feel for the day. Eating breakfast in the dinning area with the rest of the patients made me feel awkward and … Continue reading Feeling Down is OK →

Boundaries

Do we all have the right boundaries? I have asked this question to myself this past week non stop? Clearly I don't because I have allowed people to walk all over me while suffering with a mental disorder I didn't even know I had! Now wonder I landed up in a psychiatric clinic in Benoni. … Continue reading Boundaries →

My Journey Through a Mental disease

So the past two weeks I have been sitting in a psychiatric clinic in Johannesburg called Glenview Clinic, because on the 22nd of May 2019, I could no longer handle the pain that was burning inside of me. No longer could I hide my feelings and wear the masks I needed for people to think … Continue reading My Journey Through a Mental disease →

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton