wellbeing & mental health

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

......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…