There are rumours and speculations on Matthew Perry’s past about not respecting women and I have some thoughts about the whole thing. Since his passing, I’ve gained more respect for Matthew and how open and honest he was about his struggles with addiction. He wanted to help people and be remembered for it. In recent news, there’s been speculation that he was emotionally, verbally, and physically abusive towards women, in which I don’t believe that he would do that. It’s also

Matthew Perry wanted to help people. He wanted to spend the rest of his life wanting people to get the help that they need to overcome their addiction. If someone came up to him and asked him for help, he would drop everything and do it. The Matthew Perry Foundation was set up after we lost Matthew. Its mission is to “help others struggling with the disease of addiction.” Matthew wanted to make a difference. I know just talking about having an addiction is the first step. I

It feels like we had Matthew Perry as a friend. We spend hours watching him and laughing with him. It felt like we knew him personally or at least had a Chandler in our lives. Knowing that he struggled with addiction throughout the run of the show, it doesn’t make it any easier to see such a talented person go through what he did. Matthew was very open about his struggles with addiction, and he hoped that it would encourage and inspire others to get help and to have hope. Ev

When someone with PTSD self-isolates, they are feeling overwhelmed and unsafe in groups. They feel misunderstood, abandoned and alone. They become uninterested in being in groups even when it's friends and family, people they know they can trust. They are not getting social interaction due to not wanting to be around people. If the person is already an introvert, self-isolation may be something they’ve already been doing, but if it’s something they don’t normally do then it's

There are many ways someone can get PTSD. It can happen at any time to anyone. It’s not to be mistaken as shell shock, which appeared in soldiers who had experiences in war. With PTSD, its more wide ranging. Anything be the reason behind someone’s PTSD, anything could be a trigger. Both shell shock and PTSD can be the same thing, they are different in regards of someone’s past and what they’ve experienced, but not everyone that as experienced a tragic or traumatic event may n

There is a stigma about talking about mental health and mental illness. People don’t want to admit that they are struggling. They want to either deal with it privately or pretend that they don’t have anything wrong. The less people know, the better. In recent weeks, I was inspired by Ben Lawson, and I want to be able to do what I can to help people with mental health and mental health issues. Since I’ve learnt that Ben has complex PTSD, I wanted to learn more about it and be

I find that it’s hard for me to be in the room with couples or couples with kids because it reminds me of something that I’m not going to experience. Over the years, I’ve learned to accept that I’m going to be “alone”. I’ve accepted that maybe it’s just not in the cards for me to get married and have kids. I’ve learned that it’s okay to be alone, and not be lonely. I don’t need to be with someone to be fulfilled. As much as it hurts to be around couples, I’ve dealt with it.

You can’t tell by looking at someone that they have Aspergers. Depending on the person, it’s obvious that they’re on the spectrum. Some people use it to their advantage and succeed in their career. Other people want to keep it to themselves just in case they get treated differently because of it. If you're good at something, why not use it for good? Share it with the world. You never know who may need someone like you to look up to. Some people have a hard time connecting wi

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been irritable, on edge, overwhelmed, anxious, stressed, nervous, on the verge of tears and just ready to have a mental breakdown. I’m done dealing with people, I’m done dealing with this year. I don’t know what’s going on. I’ve never felt like I’m about to cry over the smallest thing, but I've started to lose patience with not only people, but with everything else. I’m surprised that I haven’t lashed out on someone. When I look back over

I do have to admit that I let fear hold me back. I let fear take control. When I have doubts about something, I convince myself of its fear telling me that I shouldn’t do it even when I know that I should at least try before I walk away. Anxiety plays a part in it too. Sometimes I think they go hand in hand in some situations. If I’m talking myself out of something, I think fear is there to convince that its a scary thing and then the anxiety tells me a whole bunch of things