As I write this post I’m not sure if I’m frustrated, downtrodden, disappointed, determined or what. I think I’m probably actually a concoction of all of those things because for the first time in quite a while I feel like I’m suffering from a ‘bad patch’ aka my anxiety is being a bugger at the moment and I’m having a little internal battle to stop it from taking back control. This is the ultimate test for me really, my counselling journey came to an end a few months ago now and I’ve been on this ride all alone (without...
Managing a Bad Mental Health Day (or two!)
November 6, 2019 in 2019, advice, anxiety, blog, blogger, counselling, health, help, mental health, therapy
As I write this post I’m not sure if I’m frustrated, downtrodden, disappointed, determined or what. I think I’m probably actually a concoction of all of those things because for the first time in quite a while I feel like I’m suffering from a ‘bad patch’ aka my anxiety is being a bugger at the moment and I’m having a little internal battle to stop it from taking back control. This is the ultimate test for me really, my counselling journey came to an end a few months ago now and I’ve been on this ride all alone (without...
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Learning To Be Honest With Myself (and others!)
September 8, 2019 in 2019, anxiety, blog, health, honesty, postIt’s a funny thing, honesty. I like to pride myself on being an honest person, I’m very open and don’t have any difficulty usually telling someone how I feel about something as long as I still be kind and polite about it but actually...
Believing That Good Is Good Enough
March 27, 2019 in 2019, anxiety, blog, blogger, counselling, health, mental, post, pressure, stress, therapyI wrote a blog post not so long ago now about my counselling journey so far (it’s here if you’d like to read it) and wanted to share one of my most recent experiences at a session regarding thinking my best isn’t good enough....
How I Stay Positive
March 11, 2019 in 2019, anxiety, blog, blogger, health, life, mental health, new, positive, positivity, post, thinking, thoughtsStaying positive is hard, really hard, especially when it feels like life is throwing the worst kinds of curveballs at you and it takes everything you have to keep calm and carry on. One of my goals for 2019 though was to think positively...
How To Start A Healthy Routine
March 5, 2019 in 2019, anxiety, blog, blogger, health, life, Lifestyle, mental, new, post, support, Wellbeing, womanIt didn’t really dawn on me that my routine was out of whack until I’d lived with my boyfriend for around six months. Before then, I’d always lived with my parents (with the exception of an 8-month stint in a 1 bedroom flat a...
My Counselling Journey So Far…
March 1, 2019 in 2019, advice, anxiety, blog, care, help, mental health, self, support, timeIt’s a strange one is counselling. It’s a place where you go and completely spill the contents of your head to a complete stranger who you can only hope is not going to stare at you like you’ve got three eyes and a wooden...
I Blogged My Anxiety Attack
February 28, 2019 in 2019, anxiety, attack, blog, blogger, guidance, health, help, mental health, panic, struggle, supportRight now as I’m typing this post my heart is racing. I can feel myself heading into fight or flight mode and I’m aware of that because all I want to do right now is be somewhere safe. Whether that’s under my duvet or...
A New Start
February 25, 2019 in 2019, anxiety, blog, blogger, diary, female, girl, Lifestyle, mental health, new, new start, post, refresh, reset, Style, womanFor so long I’ve been trying to think of reader-friendly blog posts to write; whether they be about my hair care routine, somewhere we visited at the weekend or home decor tips I just didn’t feel like my heart was into it. It seemed...
Anxiety Busters
June 15, 2015 in anxiety, health, Lifestyle, livingSuffering from anxiety isn’t something I blog about regularly, mainly because I like to spend time proactively doing things to beat it, rather than dwell on it. The last few weeks have been pretty anxiety-inducing for me and I’ve had good days and bad...
