***Trigger Warning*** this post discusses mental illness, anxiety, paranoia and also briefly mentions suicide. Please don’t read on if you feel unable. Instead, if you need a distraction then why not look at my stress hacks page, or for proper support my mental health and suicide prevention helpline page has places to go. Please engageContinue reading “Mental illness paranoia – Understanding the impact of words.”
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Mental Illness – the OCD label
“Why are you checking the front door again? This is the third time. We’ve locked it. I swear you’ve got OCD” A comment made by my ex-husband 15 years ago, but remembered negatively with crystal clarity even today. It wasn’t the first time I’d thought it, but it was the first time I’d heard it.Continue reading “Mental Illness – the OCD label”
Mental illness and parenting – am I getting it right?
I’ve had a few jobs in my time and none of them were stress-free. I’ve been under the pressure of emergency situations with the NHS, I’ve listened to customers swearing at me as I waited on tables, and I’ve thrown up every morning for months because I was so afraid of my boss. None ofContinue reading “Mental illness and parenting – am I getting it right?”
Isolation – the lonliness pandemic
Before I steam in to this post, I need to acknowledge the serious reality of lonliness for some people and make it clear that I’m not trying to pull the ‘woe is me’ card. Although I feel lonliness and am basically isolated, I’m acutely aware there are others suffering and alone in a far moreContinue reading “Isolation – the lonliness pandemic”
Surprise! Stress approaching!
Sunday morning. Breakfast in bed with a steaming, sugary latte and the sound of white noise lingering as the tv news reports murmur and traffic starts to build outside. You munch a pain aux chocolat (because you’re classy…even if the pastry is landing all over your Egyptian cotton sheets) and sip at your coffee, savouringContinue reading “Surprise! Stress approaching!”
Creative Steph 