My old diary showed me how far I’ve come in just two years. My anxiety no longer crushes me. Small steps and positive changes are improving my life.
Taking steps forward
I had my dad for 30 wonderful years. He was an inspiration, and he didn’t deserve to die at 60. I do my best to step forward, to make positive choices.
Chronic Illness & Recovery: Setting the Pace for Sustainable Healing
With a longstanding mental health condition, it can be difficult to find the right pace for the journey through recovery and healing.
Confessions of a Drama Addict; Healing after Abuse
Healing won’t be easy at first. But with the right help, guidance and support you will eventually flourish and become stronger day by day.
Breakthrough Symptoms: What They Are
Even with the best treatment for a mental health disorder, people can still experience breakthrough symptoms: voices, delusions, paranoia, depression.
My Mental Health is Improving: the Benefits of Mental Health Blogging
Since starting my blog, I have a project. Every word I type, every picture I take feels like a step back towards myself. Blogging can help you too
Let Them Know. Silence Could Have Killed Me
Silence holds a great power. It can help or damn you, and it nearly killed me. Finding the courage to speak about my mental health helped to heal me.
Changing the Dance of Grieving the Childhood that never was
I can never completely escape grieving the childhood that never was, but I can make today a pleasant and happy time. I can move confidently into the future.
Reflection – Letting go of the past
By Tina Blacksmith “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Søren Kierkegaard This year, I have started letting go of the past and making an effort to heal. My letter is part of that reflection. It feels like one of those “two steps forward, Continue Reading
You can tell when you are starting to heal again when you put on a stone
By Victoria Jane Starting to heal again You can tell when you are starting to heal again when you put on a stone. Rediscover your former self again, no longer give a shit what other people think of you, no longer feel like you are losing the plot, know your Continue Reading
10 Signs that you are starting to heal from Depression and Anxiety…
By Victoria Jane Anyone who has suffered with some sort of mental breakdown in the past, and managed to pull through, will assure any other sufferer that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Depression can leave you feeling helpless, exhausted, confused and zombified. However, with a little Continue Reading