Posted inLife Mental Health
Disconnecting From The Hustle
I’ve been trying to disconnect from hustle culture, the need for a side hustle, the need to turn everything into a commodity. I’m finally at a point where I am…
No one expected this part of parenting
There’s lot of stuff they do and don’t tell you about being a parent. My sister has two kids, and I’ve spent a lot of time with them over the…
Posted inGrowing Up
My mum didn’t want kids
Since my mother’s dementia has worsened and my sister and I have spent more time together after an outing with her, we’ve been talking more about our childhood regarding my…
To the person who doesn’t want queer neurodivergent kids:
I came across a post on reddit by a neurodivergent asexual person, titled “I don’t know if I want queer children.” It was a short post, about adopting in the…
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I used to make the tea at a rape crisis centre.
I used to make the tea at a rape crisis centre. Okay, so that’s not all I did in the six months I spent there but that’s what I remember…
Posted inMental Health
From Surviving Onwards
Without realising, it’s been 20 years since I was living with the worst of my depression. Living isn’t the right word; surviving is better because I was surviving and doing…
Posted inHealth
I Am Tired
I’ve always been tired. When I was a kid, and a teenager, I could tell how long we had until the school breaks by just how hard it was the…
Posted inMental Health Parenting
Talking About My Mental Health With My Kids
Photo by Kaique Rocha on Pexels.com Trigger warnings for self harm and suicide. I recently had to have the talk with Flower. Not that talk - we're a few years…
Posted inLGBTQ Life Mental Health
Giving Up
I very much feel like I gave up over the winter. I went into winter okay, without the dread, having come to terms (more or less) with my fibromyalgia diagnosis…
Coming To Terms With My Chronic Pain
It was a long road but we got there! During Tabby's cancer I started to experience some long term pain issues. My legs would seize up and it would be…