Although this website focuses mainly on the positive impact creativity can have on both mental and physical health, the interest in my personal story tends to focus instead on one element of my many challenges – not leaving home for 986 days. To briefly explain, what started as a number of problems mobilising myself physicallyContinue reading “The start of my attempt at Agoraphobic recovery”
Category Archives: Mental Illness
Early pregnancy conversations – our body, our choice.
My body, my choice, right? It’s a buzz-phrase but, for me at least, it’s one of the few important ones. As someone who is fully pro-choice, for a myriad of reasons, I’m proud to live in a country where it’s a choice we can all truly make. Let’s face it, for many women around theContinue reading “Early pregnancy conversations – our body, our choice.”
Christmas limbo existential crisis
***TRIGGER WARNING*** This post will talk about mental illness, OCD and compulsive behaviour, and how it all affects our mental health. Please only read on if you feel strong enough. Alternatively, for help and support please visit the mental health and suicide prevention support lines page on this website. ***TRIGGER WARNING*** It’s 5am on theContinue reading “Christmas limbo existential crisis”
Obsessive compulsive Christmas
***TRIGGER WARNING*** This post will talk about mental illness, OCD and compulsive behaviour, and how it all affects our mental health. Please only read on if you feel strong enough. Alternatively, for help and support please visit the mental health and suicide prevention support lines page on this website. ***TRIGGER WARNING*** Obsessive compulsive disorder isContinue reading “Obsessive compulsive Christmas”
Body confidence, mental strain and disability
**********TRIGGER WARNING********** This post will talk about weight, health, miscarriage and baby loss and how it affects our mental health. Please only read on if you feel strong enough. Alternatively, for help and support please visit the mental health and suicide prevention support lines page on this website. ********* Hmmm. It feels like I talkContinue reading “Body confidence, mental strain and disability”
Premature grief – mental illness and preparing for loss.
***TRIGGER WARNING*** This post will talk about grief and how it affects our mental health. Please only read on if you feel strong enough. Alternatively, for help and support please visit the mental health and suicide prevention support lines page on this website. ***TRIGGER WARNING*** Unsurprisingly, I have a hate/hate relationship with grief that’s onlyContinue reading “Premature grief – mental illness and preparing for loss.”
Two faced – living with Borderline Personality Disorder
***TRIGGER WARNING*** This post will talk about living with personality disorder and some of the mixed up feelings it can cause for you and those around you. Please only read on if you feel strong enough. For help and support you can visit the mental health and suicide prevention support lines page of this site,Continue reading “Two faced – living with Borderline Personality Disorder”
Kicking the bucket…list
It’s frustrating that the age of 42, I finally found myself realising that infinity isn’t a reality. When my existential crisis started, I was considering the things that may or may not get ticked on my bucket list. We all have those things that we want to do, things we desire, things we dream about,Continue reading “Kicking the bucket…list”
All aboard the grief express train
***TRIGGER WARNING*** This post will discuss bereavement, pet loss, miscarriage and baby loss and the mental health ramifications of grief. Please only read on if you feel strong enough. If you need help and support then there is a list of contact numbers on the grief page of this website and the mental health andContinue reading “All aboard the grief express train”
New mental health and suicide prevention campaign – MOSAIC
Something new is here, part of my COPE Campaign and it’s FREE and potentially important for absolutely everyone. Unstable or stable, big or small, kind or shady, rich or poor, family-friendly or lonely-liver, whoever we are, we all need support in a crisis. After finding myself needing help and advice for my horribly dangerous internalContinue reading “New mental health and suicide prevention campaign – MOSAIC”
Creative Steph 