Here’s a dose of real talk for you – be warned I’m an oversharer by nature.
Despite the catchy title, I’ll say now that I’m more of an introverted extrovert, but it probably isn’t surprising that when I had depression I didn’t know what it was and didn’t understand it until several years later.
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Anxiety is useful in small doses and it’s essential for survival, but anxious thoughts lead to an anxious mindset which can be incredibly debilitating.
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Mental illness is hard enough to process without the shame, guilt and blame that comes along with the stigmatisation and overwhelming feelings for the individual suffering with the illness.
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Seven years ago my Dad, Martin passed away from a cancerous brain tumour. I can’t believe it’s been so long. I reflect on what’s happened in the past seven years.
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That overwhelming feeling your having of anxiety, confusion, loss, uncertainty of what you’re doing and why it matters… you’re having an existential crisis.
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There’s nothing more demotivating than staying indoors all day, having limited social interaction, limited sunlight and limited resources or opportunities to do exactly what it is you want to do. But, how do you find motivation? Waves of emotions pour over you; it could be boredom, sadness, happiness, fear, guilt, jealously. It’s only very very rarely […]
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Before I’d been to a hospice, I didn’t know what it was. It was like a hospital, but people didn’t get better and go home. I imagined that a hospice was clinical, cold and slightly terrifying, similar to the cat hospital in Doctor Who, where everything is bright white, sterilised and unnerving (minus the cat […]
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As you can tell from the name of this blog, I’m very aware that life is full of one unexpected event after another, taking you to new places. Most of these unexpected twists and turns are unwelcome and present issues, as well, you didn’t see them coming. Some unexpected events, of course are good, wonderful […]
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Life is really shit sometimes. We all get that. Right now, I’m deciding whether I go for pancakes by myself (table for one!) before I go back to an evening at a house I’m in by myself with little motivation to bother to get up tomorrow. Life has thrown things at me once again and […]
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