Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Kelly Slaney Before we get into the details of Art Therapy; A little background on how I came to find it myself. If truth be told, I suffer with a multitude of mental health ailments. Anxiety and occasional low mood have been around so long, they’re like old Continue Reading
I can’t remember the last time the thought of the self checkouts being shut brought me out in a cold sweat because I’d have to deal with a real life person.
Celebrating little victories, times I don’t let the voice of social anxiety that lives in my brain whispering ‘everyone thinks you’re pathetic’ win.
Your brain tells you NOT to look after yourself. That you’re not worthy of care and don’t deserve it. We need to overrule that horrid voice.
The signs were there. My ‘Kelly, you’re not quite yourself” red flags had all shown themselves in bright, vivid colour. Only I’d not paid attention.
I’m a strong independent woman, not that one under a duvet! But when anxiety strikes, I can be hard work. I need patience and reassurance.
Finally free of abuse and toxic relationships, I’m healed, my scars fading. Hypervigilant, absent-minded, I need patience from my inner circle.
By Kelly Slaney Christmas can be a fabulous time of year. In fact, Christmas can be the best time of year. It can also be absolutely ram packed full of stress and anxiety triggers and noise and mess and chaos and worst of all… All. The. People. Anxiety at Christmas Continue Reading