The loss of a loved one is an extremely private and emotional ordeal. Coping with grief and mental health at once is even more complex.
Constant Replay – The loved ones left behind
Burying grief does not work. Over time, like a weed growing up through concrete, those emotions will emerge and demand to be accepted.
Holiday Anxiety
I’m not scared of dying in a fiery plane crash, but I’m in an anxious frenzy over the possibility of a stranger thinking I look weird in shorts!
My life with borderline personality disorder – BPD
to anyone reading this today, if you know anyone that has this diagnosis, please be gentle with us because we are very rarely gentle with ourselves.
5 Tips for coping in the heat with mental health issues
I love the sunshine, but I have to take things easy sometimes and think of how it will affect me if I don’t. Enjoy the sun, but stay safe!
Battling with my own mind – BPD, anxiety and depression
Living with a mental illness, I’m battling with my own mind every single day and giving it everything I have to overcome it and make it to tomorrow.
Battling Endometriosis while Suffering from Postpartum Depression
I broke down crying when I saw my doctor. I was overcome by the pain and the dark place my mind had been in for the last 6 months.
You are not a Hoover
Trying to be other people exhausted me. They still overshadowed me, because it came naturally for them. I wanted to be the real me so hard.
Anxiety and why the only way is through it
It’s come as a shock to me that reducing anxiety isn’t what I need to be doing. That if you’re going through hell, you need to keep going.
I’ll never have that
The special something that bewitched me | I’ll never have that | That lingering hug | I’ll never have that | The look that says ‘I want you’
How to Overcome being Overwhelmed by Life
If you have ever gone from being an overcomer to feeling completely defeated, this blog is for you. How I am dealing with being overwhelmed.
When self-harm returned
The one thing that came into my mind, the only thing I knew was guaranteed to stop the feelings, was in the kitchen drawer.