Freelance Writer
We’ve all been there. A friend or acquaintance with a vague awareness of your OCD asks you to explain it in a bit more detail. If, like me, you have been explaining it for many years, you probably have a ‘stock answer’ – a brief outline of what your OCD is and how it manifests.... Continue Reading →
My article (on MentalHealthy.co.uk), which discusses the results of a recent survey conducted by High Street store New Look, along with the "Body Confidence Campaign" run by the UK Government.http://www.mentalhealthy.co.uk/blogs/male-body-confidence
As part of their campaign for Mental Health Awareness Week, I wrote a blog post for the SANE website, discussing my personal experience of parenting with a mental illness: http://www.sane.org.uk/how_you_can_help/blogging/show_blog/680
This article was commissioned by BPD Magazine in December 2013, for their second issue. The periodical was the first ever printed magazine to specifically cover the subject of Borderline Personality Disorder, and launched in the autumn of 2013. Unfortunately - after publishing an excellent premiere issue packed with informative articles by mental health professionals, those diagnosed with BPD, and those caring... Continue Reading →
My latest piece for Parents Space: http://www.parents-space.com/self-aware-child/
My article for Parents-Space, about being a parent with OCD: http://www.parents-space.com/parenting-with-ocd-one-challenge-at-a-time/
In Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), the unstable sense of self is the eye of the storm. It is the structurally unsound foundation upon which a fluctuating identity rests. Around this core swirls a fog of complex behaviours – all connected, all problematic in their own right, and all unconsciously developed to cocoon the centre, from... Continue Reading →
Article for Parents-Space discussing strategies for helping an anxious child deal with change: http://www.parents-space.com/tackling-transition-with-an-anxious-child/
One of the biggest and most challenging aspects of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is often 'The Chameleon Effect' – or ‘mirroring’. This is the constant, unconscious change in the person’s ‘self’, as they struggle to fit in with their environment, or the people around them. It is, essentially, a fluctuating identity. It is the manifestation... Continue Reading →
An article about the importance of helping your child build self-esteem from within: http://www.parents-space.com/parenting/mindful-parenting/modelling-behaviour-self-esteem/
Sarah Myles 