Never let anyone dull your sparkle

Mental Health Crisis: It's completely different for everyone. Hopefully this will be a more light-hearted and positive post. When I am in crisis I would love for someone to put together a survival kit of everything I might need so I guess this is what this post is: My ideal crisis survival kit! In The Box: Headphones: for when things become overwhelming. Fidget cube: to stop from biting nails. Notepad and pen: to doodle or write how you feel (or just random drawings!) Tissues: it's okay to cry. A cuddly toy: for comfort. Worry dolls: may seem childish but it's a comfort thing. Photos: of happy quotes or funny pictures, pictures of your family or pets to remind you how loved you really are! Play-Doh or Plasticine: it's great to play with and keeps your hands busy. Colouring books and pens: a good distraction! I'm sure I'm not the only one who listens to sad music when I'm already sad which then makes me feel worse! But to solve that

Emotional Dysregulation. Personally that word scares me a lot! Makes me think that something is wrong with my emotions and that it's strange to feel how I feel. Many people say 'Oh Lucie's just in a mood or Lucie's just having a mood swing' and to a certain extent that's what they are but sometimes on a much larger scale. Sometimes my mood drops are so severe that I just can't face anyone, I don't want to eat or sleep or drink or do anything. Yet people still say its just a mood swing? If everyone's 'mood swings' were like that then it wouldn't be classed as a mental health issue, it wouldn't be diagnosed it would just be "normal" (whatever normal is!) But it isn't only when a mood drops, I used to get so manically happy about the smallest of things.  Literally bouncing around because EG: we were having a takeaway for dinner! One extreme to the other. So what I'm trying to say is that mood changes due to Emotional Dy