I have created a new blog.
Bullied: A Recollection
After a year, my counselling sessions have finally concluded. By the end, I was starting to gain some insight into the causes of my depression, and I fear that I may have only scratched the surface in my sessions. A blog seems like the next best thing.
Leo is still on the waiting list to begin therapy. He was assessed as "severe" in August, but since then there has been no word. He has peaks and troughs, and his medication has been changed more times than I can remember in just this year alone. Right now, he seems to be glad that I am spending this Christmas with him.
I too am taking new antidepressants. The side effects are unpleasant, and the medication I take to counteract these is not always effective. I am expecting my latest appeal against ATOS to go to tribunal in either February or March. Thankfully, Leo was successful in his appeal in October. However, the equal and opposite reaction to this was that the council cut his housing benefit, despite his entitlement to it remaining unchanged. Our landlord is kind, and I am grateful. Many others are not so lucky.
I am now estranged from most of my family. However, my brother currently lives with Leo and I. He is an immense help to us both, although I am not sure if he realises this.
Healing continues to be anything but straightforward.
Life goes on.