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…
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Who’s listening? The extraordinary happened to me
This was supposed to be a post of how unfeasible many of our GP practices are run the the UK. But instead, something extraordinary happened…
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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…
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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…
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‘Fibromylgia and wanting to die’ – World Suicide Prevention Day
It is by complete coincidence that I’m posting this on World Suicide Prevention Day. I drafted this post last week because I was looking at…
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What was that? (C-PTSD, anxiety & gorgeous hoodies)
This is my second post in the What was that? – my series on ‘what the crap is going on?’ Before I thought of blogging…
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What was that? – the first in a series of ‘what the crap is going on’ posts
I have been trying for the better part of the last year and a half to get back into my old blogging habits. I’ve been…
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Swim classes: lessons in confronting anxiety, self-doubt..the whole shebang
Today I learnt that my swimming classes are more than just about learning to swim. You might recall that last year I embarked on a…
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Hello depression my old friend…
My Aunty has died. For a moment all I could hear was white noise. And my world, which has been feeling more and more like…
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Promises that must be kept
Right now I am thinking about the unconventional therapist who first, offered me her pot of yellow roses, then insisted on her beautiful cactus. “You…
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