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How To Focus on the Positives this Autumn
I have mentioned before that I suffer with my mental health, especially at this time of year as I have Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which is affected by the shorter days and lack of natural …
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 …
How Do You Make Friends as an Adult? The Google Search I Was Ashamed Of Making
Somebody new has started coming to the messy play class I attend with Benjamin each week. Her son is only a few months older than Benjamin and she has daughters who are the same ages …
I’m a Victim of Sexual Abuse but I Don’t Have a Voice
Towards the end of 2017, a number of high profile men in the show business industry were in the media due to allegations of sexual assault and harassment over a number of years. These allegations …
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 …
My CBT Journey – Sessions 1-3
I’ve mentioned in passing my anxiety diagnosis, but I’ve not focused too much on it until now – not because I was ashamed, but because I didn’t really understand very much about it. I didn’t …
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 …
My 13 Reasons Why
I didn’t know whether to write this post. I didn’t want it to seem like I was ‘cashing in’ on the recent popularity of a tv show. I didn’t want people to judge me or …