AD – This is a paid advertorial but all thoughts are my own I think this year has opened a lot of people’s eyes to the importance of our mental health. From stress to loneliness …
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Positive Mental Health Changes To Make In Your Home
ad collaborative post // Our mental health is incredibly important and something that we are now more aware of than ever before. Spending an increased amount of time inside has been difficult for a lot …
How To Deal With Hypochondria: 10 Tips For Health Anxiety
TW: Health anxiety, hypochondria, self harming // Information in this post should not be taken as medical advice. If you’re concerned about anything I talk about in this post, contact your GP. In the Summer …
Calming Your Nerves: My Number 1 Strategy for Managing Anxiety
Before I was ever diagnosed with anxiety, I’ve always been a bit of a worrier. I remember when I was around 9 years old, my best friend at the time asked me to spend the …
Health Anxiety: How Does It Affect Me & How Can We Manage It?
Hypochondria. It’s a word with not many positive connotations. It’s a word we use to describe kids who frequently bust out the crocodile tears or over-dramatic people who are looking for attention for the most …
Small ways to feel empowered*
Body confidence. That’s a big old topic at the moment, isn’t it? Everyone on the planet has a relationship with themselves but growing to love our bodies, mind and soul is something that has taken …
The importance of looking forward to things
There was a time in my life where I felt like I was looking into a black hole of nothingness. I wasn’t depressed (at least, I don’t think I was) and I certainly wasn’t suicidal. …
How I cope in times of stress
I blog about mental health a lot and I’m totally open about my anxiety and how it affects me. Which is bad. Sometimes. I think during my anxiety journey, I’ve learnt a lot about how …
Simple ways I’ve made my anxiety a little more manageable
Anxiety sucks. There’s no two ways about it. It can be overwhelming, entirely consuming and completely life-changing and I’ve certainly experience all 3 of those feelings since I developed Generalised Anxiety Disorder in 2011. I …
The Mental Health Tag
Gooood morning folks! Now, if you follow me or my blog you’ll know I am super open about my mental health problems and I’m a huge advocate for mental health awareness, ending the stigma and …
De Stressing Activities That Are Super Simple
Life can get too much at times. Emotions running high, bad days, feeling unwell, problems at home or within relationships are all enough to cause us unwanted stress at times. I’ve been there and unfortunately, …
Mental Health Awareness: My Story
A few weeks ago saw in Mental Health Awareness week and the fact that we have to dedicate a whole week to it proves that we have a long way to go in ridding the stigmas …