Contributed Collaborative Post When you are trying to keep your health in check, it is important to think about the best way to enhance your mental health and well-being. This is something that plays a …
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A Year Without Medication
Ok so I have had this post on my to write list for so long that it is actually now a year and two months on from when I came off my medication for anxiety …
Reflecting on Two Decades of Mental Illness
As this week has been Mental Health Awareness week, I wanted to write a little something about my own struggles with mental illness. I have been fairly vocal on this blog and my previous one …
How I am Picking Myself Up After a Bad Mental Health Day
I won’t lie, I have been struggling more over the past week or so with my mental health. Since lockdown began, my mood has been generally better than I expected, but it will, without fail, …
5 Methods to Combat Depression & Generalised Anxiety
I make no secret of the fact that I live with a mental illness. My first episode of depression happened when I was twelve years old. I was going through a lot at the time …
My CBT Journey – Sessions 7-10
So something huge has happened, I have finished my ten sessions of CBT and I actually feel that my anxiety is so much more settled than it was when I started a few months ago …
My CBT Journey – Sessions 4-6
So I’ve been really bad and not written any notes from sessions 4 and 5, which happened prior to a long break from CBT whilst my therapist was on holiday. Therefore I’ve had to write …
I’m a Stay at Home Mum and My Loneliness is Suffocating Me
Today is the day I would have been due to return to work after maternity leave. I took a year off when I had Benjamin as I knew my decision of whether to return to …
Negativity on Social Media. Attention Seeking or a Cry for Help?
This morning I wrote a status on my personal Facebook profile. It was a fairly depressing few sentences summing up my emotions on what has been a very low day for me. As somebody who …
Springing into Spring – Feeling More Positive about My Mental Health
So the start of spring is almost upon us and with it, for me at least, brings lots of plans, motivation and a fresh outlook on life. I’ve suffered with depression since I was twelve …