LAURA ADDERLEY

There is an inextricable link between physical pain and compromised mental health. I am intimately familiar with this link, having had...

Is it wrong to express our needs? No more than it’s wrong to feel our feelings (more on this in my next blog post). It can be tricky —...

So you’re suicidal. What next? Here is where I will dig deep for the skills I have learned to cope with suicidality (I’m digging deep...

There's a particular curiosity about suicide - people always want to know why. Why would someone want to take their own life? I don't...

Stephen "tWitch" Boss's death by suicide has captivated the American public. The comments have ranged from compassionate to utterly...

So, it’s that time of the year again. This year, I won’t let Aunt Edna bother me when she asks why I’m not remarried. I won’t put up with...

So, what do I mean by forgiving the self? Am I saying that you need to forgive yourself when I just posted a blog post that says you do...

Arguably my least favorite topic: the whole subject of forgiveness is a thorny quagmire for me. “They,” say that one must forgive – that...

So, I get asked from time to time if I feel stigmatized for having a mental illness. (Well, DUH.) Note: I said "for having a mental...

Journeys aren't sprints; they're marathons. Managing the Beast that is suicidality is not for the faint of heart. Instead, it is a...

If you live life in terror of your symptoms returning (or not abating), you are living half a life. I don’t know anything worse than...

So, What are boundaries, and why are they so darn important? A boundary means knowing where I end and you begin. It is what separates us...

Bullying. The topic that is on everybody's radar these days. Bullying causes actual harm to real people and is as widespread as ever -...

What qualifies a person or an entity as toxic? My definition is one who undermines your forward progress, makes you feel inadequate, and...

So, why do we feel like we have to keep up with the Jones'? Why do we even care what our neighbor is up to? Where does the drive to fit...

So, I just had a shitty week. I was struggling mightily with the Beast which is my suicidality, and I was on the losing end. Now, there...

Did the depression cause the pain, or did the pain cause the depression?? Now THAT is the question of the hour! Truth be told, ongoing...

So, you're wondering how (if, at all) one can manage their suicidality? To be able to visualize my villain, I nicknamed my suicidality...

I’ve written on the importance of support systems, but I think that one’s circle of friends may very well be the most important of those...

So, what is the function of suicidality, you ask? Suicidal ideation, the focus on suicide to the exclusion of most everything else, is...