Misconceptions about mental health and judgements even amongst professionals
If we have a broken leg, we can visibly see what's going on with an x ray but a broken mind can't be seen and behaviours because of the mental health such as suicide attempts, self harm and eating disorder behaviours are stigmatised and judged. I originally started writing my blog at a time I was doing quite well with my mental health but to raise awareness of my own journey of how I became suicidal and struggled with an eating disorder to help people understand from the perspective of someone who had suffered. Recently this year I've struggled more with my own mental health again after 4 and a half years of being more stable from self harm and suicide attempts, I relapsed. I had still struggled with an eating disorder in various forms during the 4 and a half years I was more stable but I could push away thoughts to self harm. I had some eating disorder therapy but only got 10 sessions where I was told to eat 3 meals and 3 snacks, don't count calories but wasn't to