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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…
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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 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…
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It’s Cold and I’m not as S.A.D
It’s officially cold. The false autumn has been and gone, the mini summer fake out was breif and now we’re descending fully into autumn proper. The hot water bottles are…
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Anxiety & Inside Out 2
Both of these films have made me cry now. Trigger warnings for mental health issues. I recently watched Inside Out 2 with the kids and cried. A lot. It’s when…
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Seasonal Affective Disorder and Untidy Bedrooms
On top of my usual depression and anxiety, I also have seasonal affective disorder - and basically winter does a number on me. Today, the first weekend of February, coming…
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Parental Guilt, Intrusive Thoughts, and Childhood Cancer
One of the first thoughts I had, when they told me Beany had cancer, was that she was going to die. That I was going to lose my child, the…
Panic, Pandemic and Self-isolation
My anxiety is through the roof. Every day now. I generally live with low-level anxiety, every day I'm anxious. It's become my natural state. I can't even imagine feeling calm.…
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Self Harm Scars In The Summer
Content/Trigger Warning for self-harm, including a picture of my scars further down. Sometimes I am very aware of my self harm scars. How could I not be? They represent ten…