Category: You Are Not Alone
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Mid-Year, New Blog?
I realise it has been a little while since I last made a post, but I can assure you, I am still here. With anxiety being such a prevalent thing in my life, I can find the little things overwhelming. So, to give myself something new to focus on, I’ve decided the blog needs a…
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The Weight of Feeling Nothing
Katy Perry once said: “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag, floating through the wind, wanting to start again?”, so let’s talk about why the answer is an astounding YES. While everybody experiences life differently, I’m sure at one point or another, we’ve all experienced the feeling of nothingness. The feeling where we’re not…
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Anxiety Misconceptions Explained
Anxiety and mental health as a whole, are topics that are in dire need of further exploration. There is still an abundance of stigmatisation around our mental health, so, for this blog post, I’m going to dive into some common misconceptions surrounding anxiety, in an effort to debunk them. Let’s jump right in: Misconception 1:…
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Navigating Anxiety and Body Image in Your 20s
Something that nobody tells you about hitting 20, is not only how much we change mentally, but also how many physical changes we go through. We constantly hear people preaching about how we will soon reach ‘Mental Maturity’, but what they neglect to mention, is the changes that come when we hit ‘Second Puberty’. Our…
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Understanding the Five Stages of Grief
I’ve done a lot of research and reading up about grief since my Grandad passed, and I’ve learnt one thing: that your grief is uniquely yours. Even with shared experiences, and shared feelings of the person you’ve lost, nobody will ever really experience grief the same way you do. It affects everyone differently and at…
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How Sleep Impacts Your Mental Health
We all know that our sleeping habits, much like our eating, can affect our physical health – but did you know it affects our mental health just the same? Sleep and mental health are probably closer interlinked than you might think; ill mental health can prevent us from getting restful sleep, whilst poor sleep can,…
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Anxiety and Isolation: Finding Your Support Network
I know all too well, the familiar feeling of feeling forever alone with this disorder. It feels as though nobody truly understands, and as though it’s a battle that only I face – even when we know there are so many others out there who face the same battle. Unfortunately, because everybody experiences anxiety differently,…
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Life, Loss and Something About Fatherhood
I very recently lost my grandad, and it has been a heavy loss wherein I have found myself unsure of what to do about it. My brain had decided upon … Life, Loss and Something About Fatherhood A little something about loss. Written by my brother.
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