The off button
An entire week is dedicated to raising the awareness of mental health. I can’t help but feel that this highlights not only how many...
Life with ASD and Dealing with Unhealthy Environments
I could start with the obvious and say I always felt different from everyone else and how I got diagnosed and my journey there but this...
LABELS ARE FOR JARS. NOT FOR PEOPLE.
Well. If you would be telling me back 4 years ago while I was in the darkest time of my life and start of my recovery that I was going to...
I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND HOW SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS REALLY WAS UNTIL I EXPERIENCING IT MYSELF.
When I was back in school. I saw people having counselling for illnesses what I didn’t even know about back then. I heard about self harm...
Young, in love and depressed
Before I go any further I have to emphasise that my relationship is not the cause of my depression (don’t want my SO to get the wrong...
SAMARITANS
It’s half 3 on a cold Wednesday morning and I’m typing this up as I can’t sleep as my head is all over the place right now. See I’m the...
Becoming a mental health blogger & a time to change champion!
In July 2017, I started my blog. I had many names for this blog. It was Mental Health and Lifestyle but I didn’t like it anymore so I...
Appreciate Every Minute You Get!
So, it’s Valentine’s Day today! I’m single as anything. So today I’ve focused on my friends and family. Plus, stuffing my face with my...
Dear 20
As I am writing this I am sitting on a train travelling from one country to the next, on what is my 21st birthday. A milestone for some,...
Body positively! I love my body!
Go back to 2015 when I was 17. I hated my body. I hated my thighs, I hated my stomach, I hated my hair. I hated everything about me. I...
Talking about my mental health has made me into the person I am today
Let’s all be honest, everything happens for a reason in life whether it’s good or bad. If I could go back to be that 17 year old who was...
Why Im Such Grinch At Christmas
It all started about 13 years ago on 23rd December ... I got in the bath, my sister was on the pc, mum was getting ready for bed and all...
Me, Mental Health, Autism and how AMHA came to be. Part Two
Update 03/03/2018 Sadly not long after posting this piece, Claire passed away a few days ago during her battle with an Eating and...
Me, Mental Health, Autism and how AMHA came to be. Part One.
I can’t believe it’s been almost three months since I launched AMHA, and two years since I started developing it, time has slipped away...
PND!
That moment when he says "I know you don't want to admit it but I think your abit post natal!" Yeah, I am, I didn't wanna admit it but me...
