Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Sara-Jane Morphew This would be my quote of the day! I started my therapeutic duties in school today, returning to work: going into school for a short time to do something like reading or cooking, art or alike to test the water almost, to see if I can actually Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew I am an introvert, and I really don’t mind. It is what I am. Although it has taken me a while to get to this realisation. I like sitting in silence; some of my best friends are the ones who are happy to just sit and watch Continue Reading
Why is it that I have this need to do everything, to be SUPERWOMAN? Who is it I’m trying to impress and why do I have this fear of failure
By Sara-Jane Morphew I have always been a creative person, and have always known myself as one. Fairly early on in my counselling sessions, it became clear that my creative personality was being ignored. I wasn’t expressing my creativity day to day, and I needed to. This meant that I Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew So, today those thoughts of the future are creeping back in. I’m not content with just feeling a bit better. The pressure begins: I need to make use of myself and get back to work. “What am I going to do?” This phrase goes round and around Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew I’m lying in bed, all the boys are up, and all I can think is ‘I don’t want to get up’. I just don’t want this day to start. I’m feeling the need to say sorry as well about a blog post I wrote last night. I Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew So tomorrow is Monday and as always I have mixed feelings. Each Sunday evening I am reminded that I am not in work and my mind likes to remind me that I have failed at that aspect of my life. I have failed the image of a Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew So as predicted I am not having a good nights sleep. It’s 3:30 am and I’ve been awake for a good while. Woke up dripping in sweat as usual, God knows what I am dreaming about. Apparently last night Tim got really freaked out because I started Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew As I said before I started my journey of discovery at the primary mental health team’s ‘Stress Control’ course, if you think you are struggling with stress, depression or anxiety, first of all go to your GP and then ask them for the mental health team’s number. Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew It’s 4:30 on Wednesday morning and guess what…? I’m awake. No surprises there. I am generally awake when I don’t need to be. Insomnia is a terrible part of this illness. You struggle to get to sleep because you are over-thinking things that have happened that day Continue Reading
I’m sitting here now thinking where do I start. Where do I start with my boys, let’s start with right now…
My son is sitting the other side of the room in a teddy bear onesie that now smells of sick and poo.
By Sara-Jane Morphew I relied heavily on my mum and husband in those first few days (read the first part here). Mum would come in the morning to get the boys to school as I could not. I didn’t know what to eat so mostly I didn’t. Tim cooked in Continue Reading