DBT is the gold standard treatment for BPD, as well as proving helpful for many other concerns relating to mental health. This episode is the first of a new series looking at DBT and the skills that it uses. These skills and techniques can help all of us enrich and improve our lives, whether suffering from BPD or not. DBT is a proven treatment and I am so excited to introduce its concepts!

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Created by Elliot Waters — Inspired by lived experience.
Mental health insights, real stories, real conversations.

Follow my journey living with mental illness and the hard-fought lessons learned along the way. Lived Experience is the driving force of this podcast, and it is through this lens that my stories are told. This is a raw, honest, and very real account of how various psychological disorders have shaped my past, and continue to influence my future. 

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Created by Elliot Waters — Inspired by lived experience.
Mental health insights, real stories, real conversations.

Follow my journey living with mental illness and the hard-fought lessons learned along the way. The lived experience is the driving force of this podcast, and it is through this lens that my stories are told. This is a raw, honest, and very real account of how various psychological disorders have shaped my past, and continue to influence my future. 

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Created by Elliot Waters — Inspired by lived experience.
Mental health insights, real stories, real conversations.

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Created by Elliot Waters — Inspired by lived experience.
Mental health insights, real stories, real conversations.

This episode focuses on my most recent stay in a psychiatric ward. During my admission a complete medication overhaul was undertaken, and a lot of time was spent analysing my behaviours and discovering parts of the self which need to be worked on. The ship has turned around and is back on course, but in order to keep moving forward there is a lot more to do.  This admission is only one part of this ever developing story. 

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Created by Elliot Waters — Inspired by lived experience.
Mental health insights, real stories, real conversations.

The stories continue from my time on the psych ward, this time focusing on my current and very real problem of withdrawals. It is hard enough when your brain wants to play tricks on you but even more challenging when medications used in the past are actually found to be part of the problem. And it isn't as simple as just stopping dosages, oh no!

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Created by Elliot Waters — Inspired by lived experience.
Mental health insights, real stories, real conversations.

Who would've thought colouring in could be so stressful?! Well, when you have Social Anxiety Disorder to contend with it starts to make sense. 

Being in the common room here at the hospital hasn't been easy for someone like me. Are they negatively judging me? Or is it all in my head? Well, in this episode we find out and learn a quick and easy skill to overcome some of Social Anxieties core beliefs.

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Created by Elliot Waters — Inspired by lived experience.
Mental health insights, real stories, real conversations.

Borderline Personality Disorder, or BPD. Such a crucial component of my psyche which has had a very significant influence on the direction life has taken me. So this episode I try to break down BPD to see where it comes from, what it's like having it as well as how those around the individual can be affected. 

The good news is if BPD is treated then great results can be found, including complete remission from the disorder. So for the BPD sufferers listening, of which I am one, we can do this!

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Follow my journey living with mental illness and the hard-fought lessons learned along the way. Lived experience is the driving force of this podcast, and through this lens, my stories are told. 
This is a raw, honest, and authentic account of how multiple psychological disorders have shaped my past and continue to influence my future.

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Created by Elliot Waters — Inspired by lived experience.
Mental health insights, real stories, real conversations.

Hot off the heels of a brand new diagnosis I thought it might be a good idea to have a bit of a look at it! Aspergers Syndrome, although now referred to as high functioning Autism, further explains bits and pieces of my story and offers an explanation as to why so many of my medication regimens have failed! 

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Created by Elliot Waters — Inspired by lived experience.
Mental health insights, real stories, real conversations.

The beginning of my psych ward journey. I touch on some first impressions, what I've been getting up to and some of the diagnostic and pharmacological alternations that have already been made. Big changes already, which is exactly what we were looking for!

Almost one week down, a few more to go!

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Created by Elliot Waters — Inspired by lived experience.
Mental health insights, real stories, real conversations.