Yesterday, sat here working, with the television on in the background, an ITV news segment discussing mental health problems in university students caught my attention, so much so that I had closed my laptop and watched it with real interest. A report has warned that university students with mental health problems are in danger of…
Every day for the last few weeks I have sat down to write and yet somehow, completely out of nowhere, the words won’t come. And it’s not that I don’t know what I want to say, nor that I have nothing at all to share with you, I guess it’s just that I’m really not…
“Real Women Have Curves” It’s been the bain of my life that phrase, the one thing which really gets a rise from me for a whole number of reasons. I remember years ago in my early twenties, struggling with my mental health, I saw a psychiatrist who looked me up and down and told me,…
Dear “Concerned Friend” Dear Concerned Friend…. When I posted my blog post this week, telling the story of my battle with mental illness, I’ll be honest with you – it took some guts. I did question whether I was ready to share that with so many people, whether it would change peoples opinions of me…
When I heard that tomorrow is Time to talk day, a day to raise awareness of mental illness, I knew that I wanted to contribute somehow. I have made no secrets of the fact that I have battled with mental illness my whole adult life and my on-going struggle with depression, anxiety and panic is something…
I have never understood the point of making New Years resolutions. All of this “New Year, New Me” nonsense goes out of the window when you’re reaching for your ninth Quality Street or your fourth glass of wine. I have never made a New Years resolution, nor do I plan to, but what I did decide this…