Never forget – World Suicide Prevention Day

by potofcallaloo - September 10, 2018September 9, 20184

by ending the stigma, we will make it safe for people to talk about it. And talking could very well be the first step to saving a life.

How I survived the night (despite suicidal thoughts)

by potofcallaloo - September 2, 2018September 2, 20184

I have actively tried, very hard to plod on. I have found happy moments, and I now see so much more of the beauty in the world.

12 things that helped me to smile despite the pain

by potofcallaloo - July 29, 2018July 29, 20182

I always say pain changes you. I am not the person I was yesterday, and tomorrow I will not be the person I am today. It’s moulding me into a better, stronger me.

Musings on suicide: love might save a life

by potofcallaloo - June 10, 2018June 10, 20184

…every day I decide to live, another person, someone, chooses to die. Their struggle is my struggle, but they have now gone while I still have a chance…

Reasons to stay alive

by potofcallaloo - May 17, 20184

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.

When living is hard …RIP Avicii

by potofcallaloo - April 27, 2018April 27, 20180

For some of us, it is because we are searching…searching for something, some place that we are not quite sure of or how to get to. And sometimes it is because some of us have never managed to be truly happy.

What was that? (Sweating, short stories, squats …and oomph)

Challenges

by potofcallaloo - April 15, 20182

This is one of those 'What was that?' posts - a series on 'what the crap is going on?' and it contains affiliate links* Dear friend, How have you been? I've let life get in the way of my blogging again. Sometimes, you know, when I cannot cope and my mood is low,

Organic vs non organic: what’s in our non organic produce?

by potofcallaloo - November 23, 2017November 23, 20170

We've always known that organic farming offers produce far healthier than non organic foods. But new research by Newcastle University, and published in the British Journal of Nutrition, has highlighted significant differences between organic and non-organic farming. 87430

Review: Unrest, a powerful story of life with ME

Challenges

by potofcallaloo - November 20, 2017April 15, 20186

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

Challenges

by potofcallaloo - November 14, 20170

I feel like my insides are falling out. I'm sorry, this was supposed to be a happy post, but for the past four days I've had the most awful pain on the right side of my tummy. 87413