This post was originally written for: Having an invisible illness such as mental health comes with all manner of problems and stigma. I’m very lucky in the sense that I am supported by my family and friends but I often find that thought creeping into my...
This post was originally written for: Every year in January I have a ritual, I re-watch the TV series Xena: Warrior Princess, all six seasons of it. Xena was a TV show that aired between 1995 – 2001 about a warrior woman of ancient Greece who...
I’m not going to sit here and tell you that loving someone who lives with bipolar disorder is an easy task. It will be very challenging, sometimes you will get hurt, sometimes you will feel angry, frustrated and even borderline hate for the person. You will need...
It goes without saying that anything that weakens your body can also have a negative effect on your mind. One of the biggest struggles that people who live with mental health problems have with illness is the depressive/anxious thoughts that occur more frequently when the...
Jan
The other day I had to go to my doctors clinic to get some paperwork that I needed for an extension form for one of my university essays (I'm currently studying for my PGCE). Now, you'd think this would be a straight forward visit; I've...
Dec
I feel sick, the world is vibrating around me, or maybe it’s my head vibrating, but it's so hard it feels like it's going to split my skull in two and my brain is going to pour out onto the floor. I hate to make...
Dec
The other day I cried. People tell you that to cry is a normal human behaviour, everybody cries and it’s nothing to be ashamed of. This is absolutely true, though I haven’t always been open to crying, I used to see it as a weakness and...