Tag: MH

  • World Mental Health Day 2016 and a whole year of blogging

    Today (10th October 2016) is World Mental Health Day. It is also exactly a year since I started this blog. I’ve had the busiest weekend so my brain isn’t cooperating to create a decent post that’s worthy of WMHD. Instead I just wanted to thank everybody that’s read / shared my blog. I’ve had so many…

  • Am I going mad?

    Am I going mad? It’s a question I ask myself way too often. A couple of weeks ago I spent a whole afternoon sitting on the floor of my sisters’ bedroom convinced that I was going mad. The only things I was capable of doing was sitting on the floor and turning the radio up…

  • What happened when I couldn’t work anymore (claiming ESA)

    At the moment, I’m not well enough to work. In the past I have managed both part time and full time jobs with my anxiety, and worked both 9-5 hours and shifts, in busy places doing physically demanding and customer facing work. Having a mental illness has not stopped me from working, and I’m confident…