💙Caesarean Awareness Month 💙 I know the spelling is wrong but the sentiment still stands. I risked my life to give life. There were so many risks to that operation that when she was reeling them off (just prior to my emergency caesarean) I screamed “I consent to the lot” (mainly through pain as they’d taken …
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No Judgement, Thanks
This has to be the biggest lesson I learned in 2017. I realised that my decisions I was making, I was making for me. Of course I considered other people’s views and opinions but ultimately I had to sit down and evaluate where my life was going, and most importantly who with. I cut a …
Words on your Skin
No, to be honest. If the words I used to describe myself ended up etched Upon my skin I’d be mortified. Perhaps we ALL need to be a little kinder with ourselves. Give ourself a compliment. Pat ourself on the back. Be proud of a job well done, or a list completed. One kind word …
Just Jeans?
I bought a new pair of jeans today. Nothing special about them, they were blue and quite unremarkable.However, trying them on was quite a trial. I squeezed into them yes, but they didn’t fit and weren’t even close to being the next size down (even though that’s the size I am in another shop). So …
I Choose Recovery
I chose recovery. I chose hope. I chose to be bigger and better than my demons. I don’t think this battle will ever be “over” but I’m definitely winning it. I might stumble and fall but I get back up. I fight. Every day I wake I am fighting to be a better me, a …
Authenticity of Mental Health
I don’t fake being sick. I fake being well. I do it for society’s benefit. I do it for the people who don’t believe in, or who judge, mental illness. I plaster a smile on when I feel like crying. I put on my mask. I try my best. The sad thing is if I …
Empty Cup
“Sure, I’ll do that for you. Yeah course, I don’t mind sitting up til 2am counselling you. Don’t you worry, I’ll put that kettle on and be your sounding board” I DO NOT mind doing the above. In fact, it takes me away from my own problems and I will freely give you my time, …
Glamorising Mental Health
Bulimia isn’t a tragic young girl with her head hung over a toilet looking beautiful. It’s a puffed, miserable face with vomit dripping from the chin and a nose bleed. Anorexia isn’t a slim figure shyly refusing a cupcake. It’s getting Hair across your malnourished and freezing body. Depression isn’t a model with mascara stains …
#MeToo
I’ve been thinking long and hard about posting this in my Happiness Journey. Mainly because it’s not a ‘happy’ topic but it IS relevant. This hashtag has gone viral; Hollywood stars and general folk like you and me are posting #metoo. What a sad, sad state of affairs that the majority of women (not excluding men) …
World Mental Health Day 2017
It is so lovely to see my Facebook and Instagram newsfeed filled with so much awareness for World Mental Health Day. It is people like you who are breaking down the barriers of the stigma of mental health. It is people like you that are making a difference! It is people like you who are …
The Warrior Within 