There's been so much media attention surrounding the importance of speaking out about our mental health difficulties and it's a common misconception that once you do speak out you can get the help that you so desperately need. Sadly from my experience it's been incredibly difficult to get that help and surprisingly easy to slip … Continue reading Mental Health: The struggles after speaking out.
Have you ever just sat staring into space pondering over a simple decision and then before you know it, 15 minutes has passed and you've forgotten what you were doing or given up and moved onto something else? That's what I like to refer to as my decision fatigue. Life with both a physical and … Continue reading How I reduce my decision fatigue.
When I was initially diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome I was in excruciating pain and being given doses of Morphine throughout the day and night in an attempt to make the pain bearable. I also couldn't walk on my own and had lost normal use of my arms and facial muscles. Although I was extremely happy … Continue reading My go to products for life after Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
Living with a mental illness such as depression is really tough. It can be very lonely at times. Friends don't keep in touch as often because I'm not out socialising. There's days when my only contact with another human being has been via text message. Days can seem very tedious, especially because I also suffer … Continue reading 10 reasons why owning a pet can help with depression.
Learning to accept things you can't change sounds like it should be a simple thing to do. For me, it's been a really difficult lesson and one that I'm continuing to work on every day, but it does really help me to stay positive when I'm able to accept situations that I can't control. Many … Continue reading Acceptance is an important life lesson.
Yesterday was one of those days where I just felt completely overwhelmed. Imagine beginning each day with a jug of water. Ideally that jug would be empty to start with and as the day progresses it begins to fill up with water as and when stressful situations occur. At the end of the day the … Continue reading Tidal wave imminent.
Todays post is all about my own experiences of living on a budget and how to make your cash go that little bit further. For those who haven't read any of my posts and don't know my circumstances, I was diagnosed with a sudden debilitating illness last year which meant since then I've been unable to … Continue reading My Top Tips for living on a budget.
Continuing on from part 1 of this post about my own experiences with depression and how it changes my day to day behaviour, here are a few more examples of what to look out for and some suggestions which might help make things a little easier. These are just my own thoughts and practices and they … Continue reading Depressive behaviours and learning how to live with them (part 2).
The last few days haven't really been great for me, sometimes it's a struggle just to function as a human being. I don't want to eat anything, I don't want to speak to anyone and I don't want to have to get out of bed. If there was a button I could press, to just … Continue reading Depressive behaviours and learning how to live with them.
Under The Rainclouds 