For the past 2 months I have been suffering an intense OCD breakdown, but during this difficult time I’ve learnt some of the most valuable lessons.
Starting to get somewhere
By Frances Beck What a week it’s been this week I’m feeling like we’re starting to get somewhere at last. Tuesday saw Conor’s good friend and my now partner in crime, Stephanie, and myself, at the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh. Here we mixed with MSPs, government officials, staff and supporters Continue Reading
How to Survive a Job Interview
By Lindsay From some of my other musings, you may have picked up that I’ve lost a couple of jobs in my time. Two due to my mental ill health, but I’ve also been made redundant. I’ve been to a decent number of job interviews, and have worked out some Continue Reading
Jealousy sucks!
By Anonymous Currently I’m feeling so alone with my mental health. Everyone keeps telling me I can go to them when I’m struggling. But I’m stuck because I’m so worried that I’ll lose everything. I work full time and just keep on going. Recently I had an incident with my Continue Reading
What I know now… Carl’s Story
By Connie Nagy…. Carl’s Mom Suffering in secret This is what I know and have learned since finding this picture on my son’s phone in November 2018. Carl secretly suffered from severe anxiety and who knows for how long as he never showed any signs of anxiety and decided to Continue Reading
What a difference a year makes!
By Mental Drama Queen I’ve been thinking a lot about where I was this time last year. I was so low. Nothing was enjoyable. There were days when I couldn’t get out of bed, let alone leave the house. I felt so alone. I was constantly having panic attacks. Just Continue Reading
A Day in my Life With Anxiety and Depression
By Rich Tee No early waking this morning. I woke up at a reasonable hour, around 6.15am, which bucks the recent trend. I was knackered though after a week’s teaching. A late meeting at work on Wednesday and a parents evening until 7 pm on Thursday. As a result, there Continue Reading
I Will Win
By Lauren Victoria The last few weeks have been quite tricky, and it seems that it still isn’t letting up. I thought once I’d physically healed, I would feel better. I thought that once I returned to work, I would feel better. That my mind would be occupied. All would Continue Reading
I’d Die For Single Payer Health Care: Here’s Why
So this isn’t hyperbole: I would get out there on the street and put my life on the line if that would get us single payer. I wouldn’t have to think twice.
The journey of recovery
Recovery doesn’t have a destination, I don’t think it ever will. Recovery has a direction but of course, you will sometimes trip over your laces.
Go Racing Green
On a 16-week wait for mental health support, despite being on ‘suicide watch’, a thoroughbred escapee from the livery yard behind my house saved me.
For better or worse?
We all need to remember that these people are in our lives because they choose to be. Value them. Appreciate them and make sure they know