17 May Finding the time to have a good conversation.
This week is Mental Health Awareness week, and the theme this year is relationships. So, I've been thinking about the people around me, those who have supported me and been there...
10 May Acknowledgement
Before anything else. Before you can get any help, or start working your way through a tricky situation or painful experience, you have to acknowledge it exists. The universe I inhabited before...
06 May Hope is hard won. part 5.
This is the fifth and final instalment in a series about my decision to begin taking anti-depressants again, you can read from the beginning of the series here. 22nd February I am...
27 Apr Side-effects and scary nights. part 4.
The first few weeks taking anti-depressants I was a mess of emotions; hope that this would be the start of a new season, fear that it wouldn't work, and anxiety...
19 Apr A stubborn deeply-ingrained splinter of belief. Part 3.
Once I had decided to take anti-depressants again, (read from the beginning of the series about this decision here) there was one other recurring thought I had to grapple with. This...
15 Apr Disqualification. Part 2
At the beginning of this year I made a decision to start taking medication for my anxiety. This is part 2 in a series about making this decision and its...
13 Apr Circling the pool. Part 1
Okay. Deep breath. At the beginning of this year I made a decision to start taking medication for my anxiety again. Anti-depressants. This is part 1 in a series about making this decision and...
11 Apr A poetic reminder.
I was in the garden the other Sunday, and as I began to tackle the enormous weeding task that lay ahead of me, I listened to Poetry Please. On this occasion,...
08 Apr I went for a walk
Today was one of those days. You know, nothing major, just nothing great either. It is the end of the Easter holidays and we have had fun and been busy, but...