Category Archives: isolation

My invisibility cloak – when loneliness and mental illness collide

Yes, I’m lonely. You’re not surprised. Yes, I’ve been indoors for a looooooooong time, you know this too. Yes, I have pretty severe social anxiety and low self esteem – that’s probably unsurprising also. But I have a superpower that allows me do things others could only dream of. A skill that provides me withContinue reading “My invisibility cloak – when loneliness and mental illness collide”

So yeah, I’m older

Somewhere in the last few weeks I managed to move up the age scale to 42. Fourty-fuckin-two. Now, I’m someone who tries to promote body positivity and age positivity should go hand-in-hand with it, but for myself these rules of engagement don’t apply. Is it a bi-product of mental illness and low self esteem? Maybe.Continue reading “So yeah, I’m older”