“At heart, I have always been a coper, I've mostly been able to walk around with my wounds safely hidden, and I've always stored up my deep depressive episodes for the weeks off when there was time to have an abbreviated version of a complete breakdown. But in the end, I'd be able to get… Continue reading We Need To Be Able To Fit Work Around Our Health
"We all have times when we go home at night and pull out our hair and feel misunderstood and lonely and like we're falling. I think the brain is such that there is always going to be something missing." ~ Jude Law Fighting depression is like the tortoise and the hare, where you're the tortoise… Continue reading Fighting Depression Is Like The Tortoise And The Hare
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence." ~ George Washington I've been trying to counsel quite a few people lately whose problems fundamentally stem from the fact that they have crippling low self-esteem. This tends to make them obsess about what… Continue reading I’m Not Confident So Much As A Control Freak
"Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down." ~ Oprah Winfrey It has occurred to me recently that I haven't heard from a number of people who I used to be very close to… Continue reading Just Say Something
As those of you who read this page regularly may recall, back in August I had a date on a train with a guy who'd been sat in my seat. I've seen him a few times since then, and spoken to him a lot - nearly every day in fact. Things have been going really… Continue reading An (Almost) Perfect Conversation – How Telling A Date About Your Mental Health Should Go
(Image Credit) “I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare.” ~ Ned Vizzini, It's Kind of a Funny Story I've seen lots of… Continue reading Six Things To Say To A Person With Depression
Make-Up & Mirtazapine 