the patchwork fox

My Experience in a Psychiatric Hospital

*** TRIGGER WARNING *** This post discusses my experience in a psychiatric hospital, which was not at all pleasant (to put it mildly). If you are at risk of being triggered or upset by this topic, emotive descriptions of my feelings during my stay, and topics such as suicide attempts and self-harm, then please do not read any further.

Relationships

Stay-At-Home Date Ideas

When we're in the process of dating, there might be many reasons why we're looking to avoid going out to restaurants or to the cinema every weekend.

Blogging

5 Tips for Newbie Bloggers

I'm a relatively new blogger, but I have some tips that I'd like to pass on to other absolute beginners, in the hope that they will help make your entry into the world of blogging a little easier.

Mental Health

Bad Days with BPD

***Trigger warning*** This post talks about the worst of my current experience with BPD, including discussion about self-harm. If you are at risk of being triggered or upset by this topic, please do not read any further.

Self Care

31 Days of Self-Care

The term "self-care" is thrown around pretty freely nowadays, but I have well and truly jumped on that bandwagon, and I have no regrets.

Misc

Revision Tips For All Learning Styles

We all learn in different ways, but there are three general learning styles that encompass how people learn: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (also known as the VAK Learning Styles Model).

Misc

My Anti-Bucket List

In contrast with your Bucket List, which is the list of things you want to do before you die, your Anti-Bucket List is basically your list of things that you don't particularly want to do, or have no real desire to do, before you die.

Misc

Questions for Self-Discovery

Want to do a bit of self-discovery? Check out these questions.

Mental Health

Define the Emotion

One of the struggles of living with mental illness is that after a while, our emotions can become kind of fuzzy. We're not really sure what we're feeling, we just know it feels like shit.

Mental Health

Spiralling: Life with Borderline Personality Disorder

* TRIGGER WARNING * If you are currently feeling vulnerable or are at risk of being triggered by a description of an emotional, self-critical spiral, please do not read any further.

Misc

My To-Read List

The top five books on my to-read list.

Misc

The Pieces of Me

Those of you who know me, or have read my About Me page, know that the name of this blog (The Patchwork Fox) does actually have a meaning to me.

Mental Health

3 Charities: My Experiences

In the last two years, I have had to avail myself of the services of three charities: Together, Citizens Advice, and Samaritans. Today, I'd like to talk about how they helped me.

Misc

My Top 5 Christmas Songs

My top 5 Christmas songs.

Cats

Pros and Cons of Living with Cats

I'm a big advocate for adopting shelter cats, and I can't sing their praises enough. However, I think it's only responsible of me to let any first-time adopters know the pros and cons of living with cats.

Self Care

Winter Self-Care

Self-care is important all year round, but I think especially during Winter when things get dark and a bit grim, it's even more crucial to make sure we are taking care of ourselves.

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