As I gradually return to face to face work, I’m remembering the pros and cons of training to a room of real life humans. Most of the cons are toContinue reading “LGBTQ+ Mental Health – Working with Happy Valley Pride”
Category Archives: depression
All by myself
Yet again I couldn’t get myself in gear to write my piece for Mental Health Awareness Week – but here we are anyway. The theme this year was loneliness. SomethingContinue reading “All by myself”
It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to
It was my birthday last week. I wasn’t in a good place. I had had one of those months where my hormones play havoc with my state of mind, butContinue reading “It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to”
Recovery – Uncovering – Discovery
What is recovery? What does it mean to recover? It depends what we are recovering from of course. And what we are trying to recover. People who are seeking toContinue reading “Recovery – Uncovering – Discovery”
55 ways to boost wellbeing with nature
I’m sure I’ve said somewhere before that I struggle with Mental Health Awareness Weeks and Days. Not because I disagree with them, like some (who have a valid point thatContinue reading “55 ways to boost wellbeing with nature”
What is wrong with me?
It’s a question I’ve asked myself many times. It’s a question that most people who experience mental health difficulties ask themselves. Especially in the early days. When maybe they don’tContinue reading “What is wrong with me?”
Children’s Mental Health Week. A rant.
I hear a lot of comments as I do the rounds of my training, a lot of thoughts and opinions, pre-judgements about mental health. Some thoughtful, insightful, some stigmatised/stigmatising, offensiveContinue reading “Children’s Mental Health Week. A rant.”
Holding on to this Wonderful Life
CW/TW Suicidal ideation I don’t get to spend Christmas at home every year, we alternate, as do many people, between parents and in-laws and home. So far I think we’veContinue reading “Holding on to this Wonderful Life”
The power of negative/positive thinking
If it were possible, I’d have titled this piece “The power of positive negative thinking” – with the strikethrough. Or vice versa. If I called it “The power of positiveContinue reading “The power of negative/positive thinking”
Self Harm – the crashing of the waves on an ocean
Last week saw a flood of stories on the prevalence of self harm amongst our young people and especially girls and LGBTQ+ youth, stemming from the publication of the Children’sContinue reading “Self Harm – the crashing of the waves on an ocean”