Trigger Warning: Suicide, Mental Health, Self Harm
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Just over 2 months since I last reported what I have been up to. I'll be honest, I've not really been doing too much since my last entry. I went to the NUS sections conference (or as I like to call it, 8 hours of radicalisation in Manchester) and then I kinda went AWOL.
For those of you who have been following this blog from the beginning, you will know that I have had all sorts of weird and wonderful (and I use wonderful very loosely) adventures with my crappy mental health. I have also been quite open in admitting that there have been times that I've had deep dark thoughts but never really acted on them.
This changed last month, when I attempted suicide via an overdose of my anti-depressants. I was then admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary (#ILoveOurNHS) and have since been on 24 hour supervision (and if not 24, pretty god damn close). In short, it meant that I couldn't do as many things as I wanted to for example, I couldn't go to the DSU Summer Ball and hand off my post properly. I also was unable to chase up Global with Berlin as even looking at an email from DMU caused me to be, at best in a tizz and at worst out of commission for the rest of the day. It also means that I haven't been the best officer the last couple of months and I deeply apologise for this.
There are days like today where I didn't want to get out of bed and it took all my energy to get dressed and make my bed. Days that were a far cry from the Kelly, one year ago.
This time last year, I was in Florida thinking about graduation, my masters and thoughts of teaching abroad. Now, I won't finish my MA until December (thank you DMU for granting me my deferral) and I don't even know what the future holds. Is it sucky? A little bit but I am often reminded (by my wonderful parents and Jess) that it won't be like this forever.
There is some good news, however, I have been invited to star on a television program which will be filming very soon. I currently don't know how much I can make public outside of close family & friends so when I am able to give more details I will.
Once again, I'm sorry that I've dropped off the radar. If any of you guys want the post next year, feel free to message me via @DSU_PG with any questions.
Until my next entry,
Toodle pips,
Kelly
,
Just over 2 months since I last reported what I have been up to. I'll be honest, I've not really been doing too much since my last entry. I went to the NUS sections conference (or as I like to call it, 8 hours of radicalisation in Manchester) and then I kinda went AWOL.
For those of you who have been following this blog from the beginning, you will know that I have had all sorts of weird and wonderful (and I use wonderful very loosely) adventures with my crappy mental health. I have also been quite open in admitting that there have been times that I've had deep dark thoughts but never really acted on them.
This changed last month, when I attempted suicide via an overdose of my anti-depressants. I was then admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary (#ILoveOurNHS) and have since been on 24 hour supervision (and if not 24, pretty god damn close). In short, it meant that I couldn't do as many things as I wanted to for example, I couldn't go to the DSU Summer Ball and hand off my post properly. I also was unable to chase up Global with Berlin as even looking at an email from DMU caused me to be, at best in a tizz and at worst out of commission for the rest of the day. It also means that I haven't been the best officer the last couple of months and I deeply apologise for this.
There are days like today where I didn't want to get out of bed and it took all my energy to get dressed and make my bed. Days that were a far cry from the Kelly, one year ago.
This time last year, I was in Florida thinking about graduation, my masters and thoughts of teaching abroad. Now, I won't finish my MA until December (thank you DMU for granting me my deferral) and I don't even know what the future holds. Is it sucky? A little bit but I am often reminded (by my wonderful parents and Jess) that it won't be like this forever.
There is some good news, however, I have been invited to star on a television program which will be filming very soon. I currently don't know how much I can make public outside of close family & friends so when I am able to give more details I will.
Once again, I'm sorry that I've dropped off the radar. If any of you guys want the post next year, feel free to message me via @DSU_PG with any questions.
Until my next entry,
Toodle pips,
Kelly
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