Antidepressants: My Story
I’ll always remember the day I started my antidepressants. It was Monday 5th January 2015. That was the day I hit rock bottom. The previous weeks…
The Great Pretender
I don’t know why I do it. I must be a glutton for punishment. The rage I feel when I read the comments section on Mail Online…
Ignorance Isn’t Bliss
I'm angry. Really fucking angry. In fact, I’d go so far as to say I’m incandescent with rage. I’m going to caveat this post before…
Is Someone’s Health Public Property?
I was really sad to learn of Ant McPartlin’s recent admission with regards to his addiction to prescription drugs and alcohol and his diagnosis of…
Night Time Nostalgia
Sleep and I have always had a love/hate relationship. Usually it’s the case that I love sleep but often it hates me. I make no…
Leave Our Bodies Alone
If there’s one thing the media have become obsessed with over the last decade or so then it is weight. More specifically; women’s weight. I’ve…
It’s Time To Listen
Earlier this week a National Mental Health campaign took place. The Time To Talk initiative is an annual promotion advocated by the Mental Health charity…
So, You Wish You’d Had An Abortion?
The topic of abortion is one that seems to have been discussed a lot more in recent months. With the soon to be inauguration of…
Adele; I Love You
Just when I thought I couldn’t love Adele any more than I already do, this week I read excerpts of an interview she has recently…
OCD or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in word collage
Living With….Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
I first had the idea to write about my OCD back in November 2015. I’d just published an article about my Generalised Anxiety Disorder. A condition…
Post Natal Depression: Is Time A Healer?
This week is Post Natal Depression Awareness Week, an illness that many of you will know strikes a chord with me. I suffered from PND…
Living With…..Emetophobia
It was a Sunday afternoon. I can’t remember the year, I want to say 1993 but I can’t be certain. Most unlike me, my long…
Swan Syndrome
I’m not much of a crier. Life doesn’t really make me cry, the only times I’ve ever really been known to cry is whilst watching a…
Maternal Mental Health Matters
I popped into Sainsburys last night for a few post work purchases, while I was trying to negotiate the self-service checkout without kicking it out…
Alcohol, Anxiety & Me
Look up the definition of the term binge drinker and you’d probably see a photo of myself staring back at you. Glass of wine in…
Abortion: A Woman’s Right
Opinions. They’re like arseholes; everybody's got one. Talking of arseholes and opinions lets discuss Donald Trump. With the US election drawing ever closer there’s barely…
How I Tackle Anxiety
I must make it abundantly clear here that I am in no way a qualified therapist/counsellor, merely someone who has suffered from (at times) severe…
Caesarean Section…..Let’s Dispel Some Myths.
Scrolling through Facebook yesterday afternoon, something caught my eye. The post in question, caught my attention because I noticed it was a photo of a woman…
Living With….Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
I've had issues with Anxiety and Mental Health disorders for as long as I can remember. When I was aged 8 I was diagnosed with…
What Do I Want…..?
......Aside from a never ending pot of cash, eternal happiness and the ability to eat my body weight in chocolate without gaining so much as…
Breast Is Best…But At What Cost?
I'm on a mission. Let me tell you why. Regular readers of my blog will know I wrote a post in August explaining my experience…