About

Hi I’m Anneli. Welcome to my blog, Pigletish.

I started this site in 2017 to write about my mental health, express myself and document my journey to recovery from PTSD following an abusive relationship. I’m passionate about fighting the stigma around living with mental illness and often share my own thoughts and experiences to try to bring more awareness and understanding into the world.

I write about mental health, therapy, post traumatic stress disorder, body image issues, disability, bereavement, domestic abuse and other potentially triggering subjects, so please don’t skip the trigger warnings at the top of my posts. They are there to help you decide whether or not the content is suitable for you.

There’s so much more to me than my mental health, so you’ll see me writing about my other interests and hobbies too. I’m a self taught landscape artist. I found painting really helped make me feel bigger than my trauma and I love to create beautiful things and share them with the world.

I’m wild about the self care and how to incorporate it into all aspects of my life. I spend a lot of time thinking about my home and how it can be a place of peace, comfort and safety. The spaces we spend time in have a huge impact on us, so I plan to share my tips on creating a cosy and welcoming safe space over the next few months.

I’m currently working on funding my debut book (a collection of essays about acceptance, tolerance, self love and not being awful), planning a relaunch of my mental health podcast, How are you really?, and trying to build the life I want to live, using the tools I learned in counselling.

I don’t have a blogging “niche”. I write what I want to write, when I want to write it. But I do put my heart into my posts and hope that you’ll have a peep at some of my work.

While you’re here, why not support my art on Patreon or pledge to my book – it won’t happen without you! Click here to pre-order a copy.