When we talk about self-care, we think about it as this luxury piece of time that we have to carve out every single day. It’s drummed into us that we should be taking long soaks in a lavender bath and having time to rest and while yes, that would be nice, it’s not the only form of self care and frankly it doesn’t work for everyone. Self-care doesn’t just come in the forms of rest and bubble baths, having a movie day with pizza or hitting the gym. Sometimes and possibly more often, it comes in the form of hobbies. If you find that you actually end up exercising more when you’re having fun (runn ..read more

Walking slowly towards the supermarket in a fatigued state with a blank expression on my face, I couldn’t help feeling as if I’d completely lost myself. I had gone past the point of overwhelm and was in pure survival mode. The thoughts that had occupied my brain for the past month had suddenly been replaced by muffled white noise, just static and faint echoes. My eyes started to sting and the sockets they lived in no longer felt like home. I had been living on the edge of stress and loneliness for too long. Trying to hold all of the spinning plates by myself. The kids, the housework, the cost ..read more

Senior living facilities can help improve mental health for seniors by enhancing their social interaction and keeping them active. These healthy communities can help keep seniors independent longer through nutrition and exercise programs designed to combat illnesses like depression, loneliness and anxiety by helping residents maintain an active social life and improve self-esteem and confidence. One of the most important tools for improving a senior’s mind is exercise according to the National Institute on Aging which found that it lowers the risk of many chronic diseases. Improving mental hea ..read more

They told me to keep quiet, to keep the peace, to make him comfortable. So the trauma danced around in my head, migrating into my chest and hardening my limbs. I carried the weight of it on my shoulders and in the pit of my stomach. I felt its unnerving embrace as I tried to sleep and eat and talk and survive. It dug its teeth into my skin and burrowed inside me, permeating into every cell of my body until it became me and I became it. I detached myself from reality. Familiarity ceased to exist, as the people that I once knew and trusted suddenly looked like imposters. Who can I trust? Wh ..read more

Want to learn how to start your own mental health blog or Podcast on personal life experiences? Since starting this mental health blog in 2014, my mental health has drastically improved for a few reasons: I felt that if I was going to write a blog about mental health, I wanted it to be more positive and helpful rather than just write a journal about how bad things were going, so I’ve worked on my own mental health a lot. It’s become a platform for other people with anxiety and depression to come forward and chat to me about their struggles and successes, which is great because we can share id ..read more

Do you want a motivating list of goals, that consists of things you know you can actually achieve in the near future? Well, in this post I’ve rounded up 100 life goals which are a little bit more realistic than the usual lists. I’m a huge advocate for setting smaller, achievable goals and writing them into lists. It’s an awesome feeling when you can tick things off and it gives you even further incentive to do more. These 100 life goals are for the every-day person, rather than the person who wants to become a CEO or earn a million quid. They are for people, like me, who wish to enjoy life a b ..read more

If you’re like me and struggle with insomnia, it can be super frustrating trying to think of things to do when bored at night. No one wants to be lying in bed doing nothing for hours, just waiting to go to sleep. So what sort of things to do when bored at night? Here’s a list of suggestions, some of which may actually help you drop off to sleep – a win, win situation! This post may contain affiliate links, please read my Disclosure Policy for more details. 10 Things To Do When Bored At Night ASMR Something I like to do when bored at night, struggling to sleep or just wanting to rela ..read more

Managing mental health at Christmas can be tough. It’s such a busy time of year. There’s LOTS of socialising, drinking, eating and pressure to spend money. While it is a magical time for many, it can also be very difficult time for others. There are a few things you can do to keep managing mental health at Christmas an easy and simple task. Here are a some of my suggestions. 5 Tips For Managing Mental Health At Christmas Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash 1 – Reframe the word “No” I think it’s safe to say that a lot of us with anxiety hate saying the word “no” despite how necess ..read more

I spent years lying because of social anxiety. Not in a malicious way or in a way to hurt and deceive people but because of the way that social anxiety had deceived me. Thankfully, I found out about Freshbros‘s Delta 8 Gummies and it really helped me feel more relaxed when I’m having anxiety attacks. The truth is, social anxiety warps your perception of how people see you and how situations really are. It convinces you that every situation will have a terrible outcome. It convinces you that everyone sees you in the worst light. At the very peak of it all, I was lying because of social anxiety ..read more

Not all self harm alternatives are made equally. Often when you search for self harm alternatives or you’re given advice to try something different from self harm, you are told to hold an ice cube or snap an elastic band on your wrist. While these are definitely safer than the most common methods of self harm, it doesn’t really help in the long run and can actually make things worse. In fact, many many years ago, my counsellor told me to snap an elastic band against my wrist, punch a pillow and draw on my wrists and arms instead of hurting myself. Do you know what happened when I tried those t ..read more