Tag: Trauma Recovery
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When the Mental Health System Costs You Everything: Losing My Home After Long-Term Hospitalisation
After years of psychiatric hospitals, homelessness, and finally getting my own flat, I never imagined long-term hospitalisation would cost me my home. This is the reality of surviving while stuck inside the system.
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Why I’m Speaking Loudly About My Reality
800 days. That’s how long my life has been paused inside hospital walls. What started as survival has turned into exhaustion, trauma, and a body that can’t stay silent anymore. This is the reality of institutionalisation, seizures, and FND — and what happens when your “normal” was never normal to begin with. I’m speaking loudly…
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Life Lately: Living in Hospital and Learning What Home Really Means
Life lately has been slow, heavy, and strangely quiet. Living in hospital for over two years has changed how I understand home, time, and myself. This is a gentle, honest snapshot of where I am — the routines, the grief, the comfort objects, and the small, very real moments of hope that are keeping me…
Jordan Beaven 