Anxiety & Me: What made you have anxiety?

Anxiety & Me: What made you have anxiety?

by | Aug 21, 2019 | Mental Health

What made you “have anxiety?” I have always been a “more anxious” person. As far back as I can remember I know I had feelings of anxiety that seemed to be not normal. I used to worry about my family dying, I worried about getting sick, things on the news...
The Way Home – Esther Wane

The Way Home – Esther Wane

by | Aug 3, 2019 | Book reviews, Mental Health

*This is a book review post, I was kindly sent a copy of The Way Home to read, and review* When I was first asked if I would like to review The Way Home, by Esther Wane, I was a little apprehensive. It’s a book written describing a couple, who fall in love, get...
Anxiety & Me: What made you have anxiety?

Winter is bad for my mental health.

by | Feb 15, 2019 | Mental Health

This is the first time I have voiced the sentence “winter is bad for my mental health” aloud. “Winter is bad for my mental health”. I have thought it for the longest time, but then dismissed that thought as silly, hippy talk. Too much Doctor...
Back I go. Week 2 of therapy.

Back I go. Week 2 of therapy.

by | Nov 15, 2018 | Mental Health

Today is therapy day. Session 2. Last week’s session was rushed and because I was nervous about what would happen and be said, and because I had rather stupidly overloaded my morning both before and after the session, taking on too many tasks and other people’s...
And back I go…

And back I go…

by | Nov 6, 2018 | Mental Health

Back I go.  Sat in a waiting room. Paperwork filled in. Assessment complete.  Waiting to see a complete stranger who will soon know more about me than most people who think they know me.  Who will probably ask me questions that will make me cry. ...
It won’t just go away…

It won’t just go away…

by | Oct 23, 2018 | Mental Health

My mental health. My anxiety. It won’t just go away.  I can’t just decide that after a life time of anxiety that I’m going to be just ok. My mental health doesn’t work for the convenience and comfort of other people.  I don’t...