the good, the bad and the ugly of life with mental illness
If you've read any of my previous posts then you will know that I'm 19 and looking for work as well as working on my mental health... it's not easy!! However, I have managed to get a few interviews and although unsuccessful, on the whole they have been pretty helpful and the companies have said... Continue Reading →
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 →
When I was younger, I had a large amount of bereavement at quite a young age. Each year from when I was aged 11-14, I had a family member pass away (one a year for four years). This really has affected me greatly in the years following and I would love to help others with... Continue Reading →
As I am soon to start my third course of therapy, I want to discuss what the experience of therapy is really like (I will give you a hint- you don't lie down in a chair with a doctor asking you lots of questions). Is it easy? Definitely not! Like anything involved with mental illness... Continue Reading →
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 →
So mental illness in general is pretty misunderstood. It has only recently become more prevalent in the media, but it is still a very taboo subject and I feel like the media sometimes either plays the situation up or down depending on the viewer they want to reach out to. News channels will usually play... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 