Lucy suffered from headaches and hallucinations and was amputated for over three months (Photo: Samuel Binstead) It was never planned that Lucy May Dawson would become a model. The 20-year-old was studying criminology at the University of Leicester with the aim of pursuing a career in victim support when she collapsed in 2021 with blinding … Read more
I couldn’t open up and show my ‘true self’ to people because I was afraid of being too vulnerable. (Photo: Dimitra Staikou) Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD). The first time I heard the diagnosis. I didn’t believe them. This is a defined mental health condition, characterized by a desire for admiration, a lack of empathy, and … Read more
One of the worst aspects of my episode was the shame that accompanied the days of lying in bed and accomplishing nothing (Photo: Dorothy Herson) I was halfway through Elvia Wilkes’ The Oval, a fictional feminist dystopian novel, when an overwhelming, familiar wave of depression washed over me. It became impossible to decipher the words … Read more