If you’ve read my blog for a while or follow me on social media you may know that I often joke about being late to the party with stuff. All the time. Whether it be TV shows, films, trends, anything. I’m the type of person who saw the hype of Ricky Jervais’ After Life, took no notice of it, watched it a year later than everyone else and sobbed my… View Post
I feel like the whole pandemic thing has perhaps heightened some of my mental illness experiences (to be expected really, let’s be fair) and it’s kind of obvious to say that trauma and CPTSD can change your view of the world. Trauma changes a person. I was thinking about this lately. Which parts of me are me, as in my personality, and which parts of me are CPTSD-induced? It’s hard… View Post
Am I ill or anxious? Story. Of. My. Life. I recently shared a post about the physical symptoms of Complex PTSD (and anxiety) and to be honest, there are quite a lot of them. I posted a tweet recently to find out more about other people’s physical symptoms of anxiety for an IGTV video, so I could share lots of different experiences and not just my own – and the… View Post
I did a poll on Twitter recently about how people felt they would approach life after lockdown: would they keep some of the changes they’ve implemented recently, or go back to life as we knew it? The overwhelming response was that people wanted to take some changes with them (87%). I’ve shared my own too: I’d like to continue to check in with people more often; reduce the pressure around… View Post
Just to be clear, I’m not about to tell anyone how to parent their children. I’m not a qualified professional and everything I write about is through lived experience, research and information that I pick up along the way, and something that I think is super important is how mental illness in children is managed. I’m living proof that the right diagnosis, understanding, treatment and early intervention are vital. I… View Post