nhs highland – CPTSD/Disorders of extreme stress not otherwise specified

January 31, 2026

I thought I was bipolar since the age of 9 when I had my first poem published in a book, because I’d go to the library quite a lot. Was I right? I was born neurodivergent and if it really was bipolar then it’s connected with creative expression and ADHD and the INFJ personality type. I kept telling the mental health team I had bipolar in England since I was a teenager. They said “no you don’t, people don’t know they have it”.

So my CPTSD is new. My first PTSD attacks were in 2018. My timeline went all wrong. Everything just came up at once when I entered the ni-ti loop. So it really was England who destroyed my brain by telling the police to ignore me in 2018? Right. Okay. I understand why they like to…

I managed to make it out of my PTSD crisis in 2018 so I’m still clinging on to a tiny bit of hope.

I will admit, I thought my life was over in 2018. I was so so frightened. So scared. I was getting the same level of discrimination from mental health services I am experiencing now, and it lead me nearly end my life. I had a nice social worker though who prompted me to take Sertraline…

This is for Steve Cargill and NHS Highland for covering up my CPTSD.

You try living with it. You wouldn’t even survive it. Don’t even dare try and bring me down. I’ll always fight for my health and survival. Don’t think I’ll let a system betray me because I won’t. Maybe being neurodivergent and having CPTSD is a good combination after all.