Mental health awareness blog posts. Posts about symptoms, causes, treatments and other aspects of mental health. Focus on trauma, PTSD and recovery from intimate relationship abuse. Counselling tips and self help resources.
Guest post | This post has been written by blogger and ‘SEO Wizard’ Billie Geena My name is Billie, and I have a weird relationship with social media and blogging. Around 3 years ago, I was brutally trolled and it ruined my relationship with myself and Social Media. Before we delve into the trolling we … Read more
I spent most of 2020 living in a terraced house in North Wales, after moving back to my hometown the year before. The house had no garden, which hadn’t mattered before lockdown because it was so close to the seaside, but started to get to me after restrictions came into place in March. I live … Read more
Here’s a list of over 250 digital mental health resources and places to go for self help. There are a bunch of different kinds of resources on this list, including counselling services, information about mental health, crisis lines, self care guides, apps that support your mental health and charities who offer solutions and support to … Read more
OK. Let me start by saying that I’ve been where you are right now and I realise that it feels unbelievably shit. And, no, I can’t magic your panic attack away in an instant, I still struggle with them myself. But I can tell you categorically that you are going to be OK. You are. … Read more
This year will mark 12 years since my Mum died. Something that absolutely flipped my life upside down. I was 19 when she died and she was just 39. It was sudden and far too soon. There is no “easy” death to deal with. But the circumstances around her death definitely made it harder to … Read more
I’ve spoken a few times about how valuable my support network is to me. I’ve talked about how lucky I am to be surrounded by the many caring, supportive, emotionally mature people I have in my life. I honestly couldn’t imagine how much harder it would be to live with PTSD without them. I am … Read more
Guest Post| This post was written by Cara Lisette and originally published on Pigletish.com on January 14th 2019. Cara‘s story is one of recovery and resilience and she is an incredible mental health advocate, but most of all she is a friend. Please treat her story with kindness and respect. I have always struggled with … Read more
When you lose someone in one way or another, it can take your subconscious a long time to catch up with your conscious mind and accept that they’ve truly gone. And, with your exes and long lost loved ones popping up in your thoughts and dreams without an invitation, it’s easy to wonder whether your … Read more
Sometimes anxiety gets the better of us – even if you aren’t living with an anxiety disorder, you will all have experienced anxiety as an emotion AND guess what?! That’s perfectly normal. Anxiety is an instinctive and important response to danger that was once a key part of survival and is pretty handy today. So … Read more
Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder linked to a fear of being in situations or places that might make the sufferer feel scared, trapped, panicked, helpless or embarrassed. It is thought to affect around 2% of the UK population and is twice as common in women as it is in men. (Source: NHS) While agoraphobia is … Read more