Posts about mental health.
(Image Credit) "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming." ~ Dory, Finding Nemo Today is not a good day. Today I feel bad. Today hurts. I speak four and a half different languages but I still don't know a word to identify the way I feel today. I know that the clinical label is 'Depression' but… Continue reading The Days They Don’t Teach You Words For
"It is great to be a blonde. With low expectations it's very easy to surprise people." ~ Pamela Anderson It would be hard to overstate how worried I was when I arrived at my first meeting with my Job Centre Plus adviser back in December. I expected it to be absolutely horrendous. I mean, I was… Continue reading I Had An Incredibly Positive Experience At The Job Centre. No, Really…
(Warning: this post contains detailed discussion of self-harm.) "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." ~ William Shakespeare I decided to write this because almost everything that I've seen about self harm in the media and online discusses it as being almost exclusively an issue for young people, primarily teenagers.… Continue reading I Cut Myself To Feel Better
"Panic is a sudden desertion of us, and a going over to the enemy of our imagination." ~ Christian Nestell Bovee I've realised lately that although I've been having them for at least two years now a lot of people still don't really understand what it is that I mean when I say that I've had… Continue reading This Is What A Panic Attack Feels Like
"Everything changes, everything stays the same." Hi. I'm still alive. For those of you who were wondering. Thank you for wondering. Particularly for those of you sent very sweet wondering messages. They meant a lot to me. So where have I been? That's a very long and complicated story that I will endeavour to share… Continue reading Yes, Thank You, I Am Still Alive
"Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks." ~ Isaac Watts WordPress tells me that today is my blogging anniversary. I created this site one year ago today. So what I logged in to say seems quite fitting. When I first decided to start writing about being crazy and then put what I… Continue reading Well Being
"Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use." ~ Emily Post For the last three weeks I've been feeling what I've been tentatively describing as better. As in, like, actually better. In the head. Up until now when… Continue reading I Am, I Feel
Okay, so if some drunken boys ever happen to give you a beef burger that's been sat outside in the sun all day then cooked on a re-lit barbecue, at night, in the dark - don't eat it. Especially if the burger seems to be of an unusually squishy consistency. Unless you're really, really, really, REALLY… Continue reading Public Service Announcement
"I have been told by people that I should not be seen clubbing with good-looking women, but I can't see why not. Why be a pop star otherwise?" ~ James Blunt On Saturday afternoon I was having coffee with a friend when I happened to run into a friend of another friend. She invited me… Continue reading Dancing Queen
"No one likes getting their nails done more than I do." ~ Serena Williams I got my nails done. As my doctor prescribed. In April last year I began having appointments with my doctor at least once a week. After the mental health crisis team became involved in my treatment she wasn't willing to prescribe… Continue reading Nail Art – Just What The Doctor Ordered
Make-Up & Mirtazapine 