At the turn of Summer, the unthinkable happened. Someone I cared for – someone strong willed, adventurous and stoic, ended their life. Despite being a suicide survivor myself, I never imagined it could happen. Now, harsh lessons are being learnt.
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Facing death: anxiety and saying goodbye to Jens
My beautiful soul friend left this earthly plain today. I thought I would be anxious about her dying – death has always made me anxious……
View More Facing death: anxiety and saying goodbye to JensResigned to pain
I don’t usually complain about pain. I’ve gotten used to living with it. If you live with chronic pain, I’m sure you know what I…
View More Resigned to painRemembering my Ma
Two years ago I had planted sunflowers to feel closer to my Ma, who had green thumbs. She loved plants and had a plant nursery, when…
View More Remembering my MaI’ve been lonely all my life – Mental Health Awareness Week 2022
For most of my life I’ve felt alone and lonely. I never realised this was a thing, it’s just how I’ve always felt and I…
View More I’ve been lonely all my life – Mental Health Awareness Week 2022Why do we stay?
I wish there was an easy answer to this. For those of us who struggle, who want to leave, who don’t feel like we belong.
View More Why do we stay?I tried floatation therapy for the first time
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I agreed to try a floatation tank for the first time. Without knowing much about it, just seeing the tank with the soothing blue lighting gave me the feeling that the future was here and I was stepping into a science fiction novel.
View More I tried floatation therapy for the first timeA night in the life of… an insomniac living with fibromyalgia
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…
View More A night in the life of… an insomniac living with fibromyalgiaHow 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…
View More How a plant, a cat and conversation brought me from the brink of a mental precipiceWhy World Mental Health is even more important this year
World Mental HealthDay 2020. Where to even start?
View More Why World Mental Health is even more important this year