Today is World Mental Health Day, and its a good day. I slept really well, with a new bedtime routine I’ve started which has been helping. I had a great weekend, practicing music for the new term of wind band, relaxing in nature for lunch with my boyfriend, and doing some writing too. I feel… Continue reading World Mental Health Day
Category: Mental health
The Prescription Battle
Feel like a weights been lifted off me. Sorry if its a long read, need to get it out my system. Its been something that’s taken the whole of September to sort, caused depression and sleep deprivation, and I’m still trying to recover. So we had to change doctors recently as the catchment area changed,… Continue reading The Prescription Battle
A Year in Employment
Tuesday marked a whole year since I started working at Thomas Pocklington Trust. It seems so strange. Partly that time has gone so fast and partly because I only signed up to do three months at the beginning. But people loved what I was doing, so my role kept being extended. And now here we… Continue reading A Year in Employment
A New Approach
I’m not very good with decorators. I could write for hours about the sensory overload they cause me with extra sounds and smells. But this time has been different, and better, because I’ve recently come across a new approach, which I will try today. I love Norse music. And Norse mythology. I found a playlist… Continue reading A New Approach
Loving Tiger
I struggle with shopping. I find it a bit of a struggle mentally, with new environments and sounds and smells. I struggle seeing items and finding sizes, and also navigating around stores is a challenge sometimes, with narrow spaces and bright lights. Which is why I love flying tiger. I find their store really calming… Continue reading Loving Tiger
Exercise
I do do some exercise. Mainly walking, to train stations or to wind band, or walking the dogs. But that’s about as far as it goes. I’m not a sporty person. I don’t even really like watching it on TV, often losing concentration. I did try some yoga, as part of the virtual flash fiction… Continue reading Exercise
Spoons
With insomnia, anxiety and depression, I only have so much energy each day. Its called spoon theory, measured in spoons of energy. The idea is that you have a set amount of spoons of energy each day, and can then monitor or change this, and gives you more understanding. Some days, I have lots of spoons.… Continue reading Spoons
Mental Health Awareness Month
So apparently, May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I only found out because Headspace told me this morning, when I did their Wake Up sessions. I have struggled with mental health since about 2012. I struggle with anxiety, insomnia, and depression, or the big three monsters in my mind, as I like to call them.… Continue reading Mental Health Awareness Month
Into the Sunshine
In The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien has this quote, which always inspires me. It goes like this “Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer.” Its something that always gives me hope. When my mind plunges me into darkness, when depression rules,… Continue reading Into the Sunshine
Peace in Writing
Today, on Headspace, a woman talked about using her writing as meditation. And I felt that. That’s how it is for me. Its one of the reasons why I love it. And its one of the reasons why I keep doing it. When I’m writing, nothing else matters. I can dive into a new world,… Continue reading Peace in Writing