Sami WardThe week after a psychiatric discharge isn’t calm; it’s fragile. A mother shares the truth about post-crisis exhaustion, fragile hope, and learning to breathe again.
Sami WardCrisis From Afar: When Loneliness and Guilt Take Over. When we left for France, my daughter decided to stay home. It felt like the right choice for her at the time, avoiding the overwhelm of travel, new places, new food, the sheer noise of it all. But what none of us could predict was how quickly the silence at home would turn against her.
Sami WardWhen you hear the word “overwhelm”, it probably makes you think of a busy day at work, a long to-do list, or too many things happening at once. Stressful, yes — but usually manageable. For someone living with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or Complex PTSD, “overwhelm” is a completely different experience. It doesn’t feel like juggling too many balls. It feels like drowning.