Some of us I think are prone to revisiting the same dark places. Maybe down to past traumas that stay with us, genes that we inherit or God knows what is responsible. I don’t actually think thoughts of suicide are uncommon.
Challenges
When living is hard …RIP Avicii
What was that? (Sweating, short stories, squats …and oomph)
Organic vs non organic: what’s in our non organic produce?
Review: Unrest, a powerful story of life with ME
Jennifer Brea was an active, well-traveled Phd student at Harvard, about to marry her love, when she fell ill with a high fever. After the fever went, she realised that something was wrong. She’d started experiencing debilitating fatigue, pain, loss of muscle control, sometimes the inability to speak coherently and
Pain
Who’s listening? The extraordinary happened to me
The messy side of mental health problems : what the media & campaigns don’t show
I was surprised to find myself largely neutral to the widespread mental health campaigns being run to raise awareness. I’ve seen many of these, encouraging people to talk about mental health and problems like depression and anxiety. Awareness is good, don’t get me wrong. I’ve seen media coverage featuring stories of
The real take-away message behind Lady Gaga’s fibromyalgia diagnosis
We may have missed the real message behind Lady Gaga's fibromyalgia diagnosis. News that superstar Lady Gaga has fibromyalgia has brought this still little known and often misunderstood chronic condition to the fore. The media is now widely reporting it; it is trending on social media, and people are probably finding out
