I don’t know if this’ll be helpful to anyone but here’s some advice from someone who has been through the system and been to some of the darkest places known to man. Here is what I have really learned and implemented over 18 years of struggling with my mental health. Recovery IS possible. It’s hard …
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Be A Candle
Don’t feel bad if people remember you only when they need you; feel privileged that you are like a candle that comes to their mind when there is darkness. I used to be upset when people would only come to me when they needed me. Some people need me only every six months, some daily …
Hating Your Body Doesn’t Change It
The theme for Mental Health Awareness Week is body image.•I have struggled with my weight all my life, been thrown every insult under the sun, been the butt of everyone’s joke because I’m overweight. You’ve heard it? They’ve said it.•I can change my relationship with food that contributes to my weight. I can challenge my …
Kindness? Thank You
To the Costa barista who gave me a medium when I paid for a small – thank you.•To Valerie, on the train for making me smile, hugging me and talking about acceptance of mental health in society – thank you.•To my Dad who collected/returned me from the station and wrote kind words about me – …
Why Society Is Wrong About Me
It was society that taught me to hate who I am. It was bullying that taught me from a young age that being a different shape from the rest of the girls wasn’t acceptable. That being academically advanced wasn’t cool. That bringing in an ASDA bag for my PE kit instead of an Adidas one …
Why You Are Enough
10 Reasons Why You Are Enough You are enough because you were chosen to exist. Whether by God or Buddha or whatever you do/don’t place your faith in, you are here. You have a purpose and you should try to understand what it is.•You are enough because you have something else to offer. A killer …
Judgement
I get scared when people are judgemental. What will they think if they see me in my wheelchair? Or with my walking stick? Or parked in a disabled bay with my blue badge? Are they judging me on my weight? Do they think that I’m lazy as well as fat? Do they assume I just …
Self Care: Vital not Vain
elf Care I was reminded today that people shouldn’t be ashamed to take antidepressants. If you were diabetic, you’d take your insulin. If you were lacking in Vitamin D, you’d take supplements. So why, if you’re lacking in serotonin, do you struggle to take antidepressants? Self care is so bloody important; it matters over every …
Imagine Being Blamed for Cancer…
It’s Mental Health Awareness Month. I invite all my Facebook friends to afford the same compassion you do for physical difficulties to mental health difficulties. Cancer, for example, affects 1 in 5…mental health 1 in 4 and that’s just the cases we know about. It is more prevalent in society than cancer and yet society …
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 …
The Warrior Within 