As Mental Health Awareness Week draws to a close, it’s important to look towards the way ahead. The other weeks of the year where most people, and the media, aren’t paying attention to mental health, but mental illness ploughs forth regardless. Remember to keep checking in with those close to you, ask if they're OK, … Continue reading Moving Ahead: Mental Health Awareness Week
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My CBT Experience: Mental Health Awareness Week
After watching Nadiya Hussain's fabulous documentary 'Anxiety and Me' I thought it was about darn time I wrote about my experiences with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. I visited the doctors the year before last to find out why I felt so wired all the time. Overactive thyroids run in my family so that was my suspicion. … Continue reading My CBT Experience: Mental Health Awareness Week
My Day of Self-Care and Relinquishing Control: Mental Health Awareness Week
The theme of Mental Health Awareness Week this year is bodies. Which, especially in this era of mass media, is incredibly relevant. I’ve spoken before about my own self-confidence struggles. As I grow older I seem to hate my body more and more. The only part of me I’m OK with is my hair. A … Continue reading My Day of Self-Care and Relinquishing Control: Mental Health Awareness Week
Battling a Lack of Motivation: Mental Health Awareness Week
I must begin with an apology for not posting in almost a month (WTF Rebecca?!), but the reason for being absent is also the reason I’m back—mental health. As you may know it’s currently mental health awareness week, and as mental health impacts our lives on a daily basis I’ve decided to post every day … Continue reading Battling a Lack of Motivation: Mental Health Awareness Week
The Importance of Friends During a Spiralling Self-Confidence Crisis
My aim with this blog is to always be open and honest. If I can make just one person feel less shitty then spilling all my stuff on the internet is worth it. I think… Anyway, recently (and when I say recently I mean over the past several years…) my self-confidence has PLUMMETED. A steady … Continue reading The Importance of Friends During a Spiralling Self-Confidence Crisis
My Disconnected Week
I didn’t write last week because I took a week-long social media break to enjoy my holiday in Belgium. As soon as I boarded the ferry I stuck my phone on aeroplane mode and used it solely as a camera for six gloriously days. No texts, no likes, no DMs, no calls (I only get … Continue reading My Disconnected Week
