My unstable mind and me

One thing I get asked on a regular basis is, how do you overcome ‘bad’ days and I often get stuck answering this question. This is because I don’t have just one thing t hat helps me overcome those ‘bad’ days, I have several things.  However, sometimes I let those bad days take over, but what I’ve learnt is to not feel guilty for taking time to myself and this is because it’ll only make me feel worse. Having a bad day does not mean your going backwards, everyone on a journey to recovery has those days and it’s completely fine and understandable for this to happen, but it is important to remember, don’t let that bad day make all of the other days bad.  You CAN and WILL get through it!  Self-care There are so many different things people can do to help relax themselves, some including; Go for a walk Exercise  Watch a film  Read a book Pamper yourself Have a hot bubble bath  Write down your thoughts & feelings Colour in I...

Since leaving high school, I have learnt a lot about friendships, since talking out about mental illness, I have learnt a lot about friendships and since I started blogging I have learnt a lot about friendships too.  High school friendships When I first left high school, I moved areas and this was a big change, I was no longer going to college with friends who I had spent 5 years with (if not longer) and I HAD to make new friends. This in some ways was good, it built up my confidence, however, I lost a lot of my 'old' friends when we moved and this was obviously upsetting. At first I found this particularly hard, but now nearly 2 years on I realise that if people wanted to be in my life they would stay. I have now made loads of new friends whilst at college and this has given me a massive confidence boost. Speaking out about mental illness Then, when I made the decision to speak out about my mental illness, I definitely realised who my friends where and they we...

I’ve been a bit absent from blogging for a few weeks due to college & regular appointments but I’ve heard on the news the amount of celebrities that have sadly taken their own lives and this just shows how much of a taboo subject mental health still is, even in 2018!  My heart goes out to all of their families & friends. So many people suffer alone, they don’t want to worry their loved ones, they don’t want to be judged and they don’t want to be labelled by other people who don’t understand mental health! Since seeing in the news about celebrities taking their own lives, there has been a significant increase in how many people talk about mental health, however, it should be something that is talked about on a more regular basis, physical health is talked about all the time so why shouldn’t mental health be?  Just because you can’t see mental health illnesses, it doesn’t mean they don’t exist, so many people suffer alone because they are scared.  ‘No...

** Trigger warning - Contents including Self - harm & negative thoughts** Writing about these subjects is extremely difficult for me due to being scared of being judged. However, it’s such a taboo subject and hopefully the more people talk about these issues, the more normalised Mental Health conversations will be in society.  I never thought I would ever confide in anyone about these kind of thoughts I have experienced, never mind sharing it to everyone . So, this is a really big and nerve racking step for me... but I know that in order for people to really understand Mental Health they need to know the experiences people have.  Self-harm is when someone intentionally hurts themselves, usually to stop the mental pain they are experiencing. A lot of people don’t understand this and often ask questions such as ‘doesn’t it hurt?’ & ‘why would you do that to yourself, it leaves scars?’ And the answer to these 2 questions is that when you are hurting s...

This will be one of the hardest things I'll ever write but I want to speak out and show people that they are not suffering alone.  Many people see me as a girl who has nothing wrong with her, she has family & friends who love her and she goes to college, why would she be unhappy?  In fact I’m a girl who suffers from depression & anxiety. I started to suffer from Mental Health issues when I was around the age of 14.  My mum and dad broke up and going from having 2 parents around to just 1 was really hard for me. I didn’t reach out to get help and support at this point as I didn’t think anything was wrong and that it would just get better within time. However, after a few months I realised I wasn’t fine and I noticed a change in my mood, I started to become low a lot of the time and have negative thoughts. At this time I was in school and they reached out and spoke to me but I said there was nothing wrong because I was scared and didn’t really u...