Monday 4 October 2021, 1.27am Luckily for me I don’t have work later today, because it is 1.27am and I am wide awake. I am…
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Tag: anxiety
How a plant, a cat and conversation brought me from the brink of a mental precipice
Last June, at the height of the covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, I wanted to die. Quite suddenly, I had lost my Ma. Grief fed my…
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I tried virtual reality with Healium for my anxiety…here’s how it went
With life resembling one of my dystopian stories in draft, I eagerly jumped at the opportunity to try out Healium, a channel that uses virtual…
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How not to lose your mind during the Coronavirus pandemic
The Coronavirus is testing more than our resilience. It’s trying our humanity. My generation and many younger ones would not have experienced anything like it…
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Coping in a time of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
These are difficult times. As nations try to contain and curb the spread of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic, there’s plenty of worrying going on about…
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Dementia, suffering and chronic health problems
I pray and I pray so hard, that God will help me to do more than just survive one day at a time. But this is all I can manage now.
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What do we live for? – Grief and chronic illness
Someone said that grief is more or less when you have love to give to someone but they’re not there to receive it.
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Coping at Christmas 2018 (dealing with pain over the holidays)
Dealing with trauma, emotional pain and mental health problems is sometimes like that old wound that never fully heals. At this time of year it can be harder.
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Conversations with anxiety – Oct 2018
World Mental Health Day 2018: Young people and mental health in a changing world
despite the stigma and whatever challenges remain, I have never felt stronger or more hopeful. And it is because now I know I am not alone.
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