Violet Tempest

Category: Mental Health

“An Interview”

A short horror story I wrote to bring more attention to eating disorders. This story is NOT for people with eating disorders because it has triggers in it. If you are dealing with an eating disorder please know I did not write this story for you to read. It is for those who do not…
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Eating Disorder Hell

It has been a few months since I last put words to the screen and leaving you in the Hell that had been our lives for over a decade.
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Eating Disorders Hell: Part four of our path

In my last post you read more about my family’s path through Eating Disorder Hell. You got a glimpse of what my husband and I felt, what we went through as we tried to find help for our daughter. I left you with hope.
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Our Battle With Eating Disorders: Part three Bulimia Nervosa

In my last post you and I began along the many paths of a loved one with an eating disorder. I let you in on the struggles our family faced during the time our daughter’s E.D. developed. Now I would like for you to take my hand and let me lead you down the path…
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Eating Disorders

My family and I are too close to this mental disorder. Too close to write about it without heart-wrenching emotion. Why? My adult daughter suffers with an E.D. has since she was eleven years old; she will turn twenty-five this year. We did not discover what was wrong, what was actually going on with her…
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Excoriation

Skin-Picking Disorder is repetitive behavior in which people pick at their skin to the point of compulsion. Their behavior can include picking, scratching, even pulling at their skin.
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Hoarding Disorder

Just because someone collects items does not make them a Hoarder. Someone with Hoarding Disorder does not choose to collect something, they are compelled to do so without knowing why. A collector chooses to collect items based upon monetary, sentimental, and even for social reasons.
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BDD

Most of us, at some time in our life, have been dissatisfied with our appearance. We have felt unattractive, or what we saw as a flaw – like the shape of our nose, ears, mouth, or freckles (I was born with freckles and always felt self-conscious about them) – we felt others saw these things…
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

…no one asks to have OCD. No one seeks this out. Like the other mental disorders, I’ve written about Depression and Anxiety, OCD is not the fault of the person who suffers from it. They need our understanding, love, and most importantly support in getting treatment. That means as a society we need to stop…
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Anxiety

We have all experienced anxiety at some point during our daily lives. Whether it happens at work, school, or home it usually happened when we are under some type of stress. Maybe you experienced it before a test or had a problem at work or home…
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Depression

This week I post about depression in hopes to raise awareness about this mental disorder. If you or a loved one are suffering with this disorder please seek treatment from your medical provider.
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