Christmas- the most wonderful time of the year. But that doesn't mean that mental illness is just put on pause for the festive season. In fact, for many people with mental illness, Christmas can bring around extra pressures, making it a very hard time of the year. In this blog I hope to explain my... Continue Reading →
Job interviews- O…M…G
So I've been out of work for a little while. With being 19 and being in education for pretty much all my life, it's fair to say that finding a job is difficult. I've been looking for jobs I actually would enjoy and find rewarding, but also would be suitable hours for a starting job... Continue Reading →
Social media- helpful or harmful?
Social media is a very popular subject with the media. Headlines are constantly saying how detrimental social media is to our health and well being and how our generation is ruining the platforms (as we are meant to be ruining everything). But is social media really as bad as everyone makes out? In this blog... Continue Reading →
7 Things That Help My Anxiety
Although my anxiety can get bad, there are things that help to take the edge of and help me chill out. In this blog I hope to describe these things and explain why each of these is so helpful to me. 1. Family I am very lucky to have extremely supportive parents. They have helped... Continue Reading →
Why is education so toxic?
School days are meant to be the "best days of your life"..... bulls**t! School for me was one of the most toxic environments I have ever experienced, and it is only from taking a break from education that I realize what a harmful environment it was. For me, I was one of these people that... Continue Reading →
Discussion: why did you start blogging?
I explained most of my reasons for blogging in my first ever blog. It is a way I want to help people to cope with and understand mental illness (understanding even if they don't have mental illness). So this is a very short blog just trying to get other people's opinions and outlooks. What inspired... Continue Reading →
Why I didn’t go to university…
On A-level results day I was so so nervous about my results. I had missed a significant amount of the last year due to my mental illness and did not in the slightest feel prepared for my exams. But to my (and everyone else's) surprise, I achieved ABB in biology, chemistry and physics respectfully. I... Continue Reading →
Why am I so afraid of throwing up??
As I mentioned in a previous blog, a major part of my anxiety is a phobia. My phobia probably sounds weird to a lot of people but I have a phobia of throwing up. The official term for this is emetophobia with emet coming from the Greek (I think?) for vomiting. In this blog I... Continue Reading →
my life with mental illness 