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”
Tag Archives: Anxiety
God grant me the serenity
The world is a lot right now isn’t it? Maybe it always is. Always has been. Just some have the privilege at different times to not be affected by, orContinue reading “God grant me the serenity”
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”
What do you mean I’m not perfect?
People seemed to like my painting last month so here’s April’s effort – the Packhorse Bridge and Wavy steps in my home tome Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire. I thoughtContinue reading “What do you mean I’m not perfect?”
Where do you live?
Dwelling. It’s an interesting word. It means the home itself, but also what we do in it. It also means something else. To dwell upon something. To linger thinking onContinue reading “Where do you live?”
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?”
Another Week Begins
When did this lockdown begin for you? Some people have been staying home for longer than others – the official order to stay home coming 7 days ago, after aContinue reading “Another Week Begins”
Nothing is Normal. Everything is Normal.
Every conversation I am having is starting with something on the lines of “isn’t everything very strange”. Many of us, across the world, find our world has been turned upsideContinue reading “Nothing is Normal. Everything is Normal.”
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.”
Cause of Death – not just suicide we need to worry about.
I was just checking to see if there were any updated statistics yet on the number of suicides in the UK – not yet. I wanted to see if lastContinue reading “Cause of Death – not just suicide we need to worry about.”