I bleat on incessantly about the lack of real people in my life. Friendships are no longer the emotional rollercoaster I used to navigate. Instead I experience silence, and sometimes I just have to find a way to be ok with it. So why have I turned into such a recluse? Does agoraphobia alone giveContinue reading “Friendship…with caution”
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Social Media made me needier (don’t be the same) 😢
After a long and painful relationship, I’ve made the decision to end my silence and sadness, remove the frustration and lead an even more crap, insular and isolated life. That’s right, I’ve deleted Facebook. I’ve disintegrated my account, crumpled up the app and bleached any part of it from my existence. It’s in the binContinue reading “Social Media made me needier (don’t be the same) 😢”
Wanted : friend
I think I’m having my first real creative crisis. It’s come from nowhere. 2022 arrived and there seemed to be a world of ideas, projects and opportunities for me to think about. My partner is the one who deserves the credit for everything I’m about to pour out on this post. I was telling himContinue reading “Wanted : friend”
Wonderful People on my Writing Journey Part 1
I’ve made the decision to start a series of posts about people I’ve been lucky enough to meet on this long and winding journey into creativity and health. Through emails, research, recommendations, and websites, I’ve found people that I’d never have met outside of ‘Steph Writes and Illustrates’. They are exciting, charitable, talented, creative, inContinue reading “Wonderful People on my Writing Journey Part 1”
Tell it to the judge!
Happy Thursday friends! My goodness have I had a week. Have you had a busy week? Are things going well? Or are you having a difficult week? Maybe there’s too much going on. Allow me to distract you for 5 minutes with my news. This is self indulgent, I know. But if I can’t putContinue reading “Tell it to the judge!”
Where did my personality go?
Who am I? Why am I like this? Am I really still the one in charge? Questions I ask myself regularly in bed, normally in the dead of night or when I wake up and feel that dazed and confused strangeness. But the questions happen for a reason. Things have changed since my mental healthContinue reading “Where did my personality go?”
Rejection and the Fear of Rejection
I’ve managed to get a bit closer to my creative mojo over the last few weeks and it’s led me to think it might be an appropriate time to talk about my mental health…again. A recent conversation on a bad (actually terrible) day left me considering whether or not anyone loved or cared for me.Continue reading “Rejection and the Fear of Rejection”
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