I keep hearing people talk about the mental health impact of the pandemic. But as with seemingly everything else in life, people are polarised about it. There are the peopleContinue reading “6 months in – mental health and the pandemic”
Tag Archives: Health Anxiety
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.”
IAPT and Guided Self Help
As a Mental Health First Aid Instructor, I train people to support people with mental health difficulties in a variety of ways, one of which being to “Encourage (them) toContinue reading “IAPT and Guided Self Help”
Jagged Little Pill
There’s a box downstairs full of pills. Having been assured that my leg is not broken (I will trust her, I will trust her, I will…) and discussed the continualContinue reading “Jagged Little Pill”
Down to earth with a bump
Life is full of little surprises. Banana skins. Obstacles. Back at work we would groan each time a manager told us how exciting the “challenges ahead” were. Usually of courseContinue reading “Down to earth with a bump”