Colouring books...check Learn to sketch book...check Gym membership...check Spanish lessons...check Fairy lights and candles...check Essential oils...check 384759 new books and journals...check So, I don't know about anyone else but I am a sucker for trying to pump myself with all things mental healthy all at once and then boom, I avoid all 97 coping mechanisms … Continue reading ‘Here come the colouring books..’
TW: Eating disorders, self-harm. Yo hey hellooo, I have been binge watching Ru Pauls drag race and it is legit the best damnn thing I am having a great time (whilst avoiding all assignments and pressing issues because avoidance is ma fav). So Ru is full of quoteables and really, just has improved my daily … Continue reading ‘Loving yourself is a daily practice’
TW: self harm, suicide, substance misuse. Ok so by now I'm sure you may have guessed I am a sucker for dry humour and 'making light' at myself / how I'm feeling (I'm hoping you've realised or you have not been paying attention / I'm terrible at humour).. Either way, that is just how I … Continue reading ‘Ah ah ah ah, staying alive’
The first step is always the hardest..how often do we tell ourself this and how often do we tell other people this? I mean, not for want of anything more but to be helpful and supportive. 'You've taken the first step..well done!' Today, in group therapy someone said to me...*drumroll* 'There is only one … Continue reading ‘The first step is ALWAYS the hardest’
CW: Suicidal thoughts, depression, childhood trauma. : to make well again : to restore to health : to make free from injury or disease : to make sound or whole : to cause (an undesirable condition) to be overcome : mend Healing. What is healing? This may seem like a bit of a silly … Continue reading H..e..a..l..i..n..g..
'This year is going SO quick!' 'Can you believe it's September already?' 'I say this EVERY year but this year I mean it' 'It's like I blinked and the whole month went!' 'Hehe almost Christmas!' (I don't mind this one as much because ❤ crimbo) Why oh why, my fellow Britainoiates (Brit-o-ney-ates, my own word) … Continue reading ‘Tick tock tick tock tick tock’
Here I am, back again with another weird analogy...because really, who would I be without them? This week I have had a bit of a 'blip' (that makes it sound a bit niceer doesn't it?) a blip, lapse, step back..just an overall poop couple of days. I would say it peaked Monday when I found … Continue reading ‘The plant that never dies’
TW: abuse, depression, shame. Hey everyone, Just a short post today as I wanted to share one of 8374595 Ted Talks I love. You will come to find that I am a TedTalk fiend - I really really LURVEEEE THE TED TALK. I watch all of them. I listen to podcast. I scan the website … Continue reading ‘I am not ____ enough’
TW: Mentions of abuse. Hey everyone, I know what you're thinking..two blog posts in one week, am I actually committing to regularly posting after selling a dream back in April..You hate the fact that you bought a dream when they sold you one A. Graham (2011). After I write, (and I write in different spaces … Continue reading ‘Coping with guilt’
Hey everyone, So firstly, sorry at how rubbish I've been at writing and responding to messages. I had a bit of blip in terms of focussing on anything non-work (me) related, blinked and some how it's the end of July?? I get a bit panicked when everyone starts talking about 'how fast time is going' … Continue reading ‘Do what makes you happy’
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