katharinewelby – A Conglomerate of Yodelling Hippopotami

Examining the Panic

Anxiety, Depression, Thoughts 13th August 2019 13th August 2019

Today, we went to an aquarium and I found myself in a state of such physical panic as to be utterly unsettling. I was…

Anxiety, Depression, Thoughts 3rd August 2019 3rd August 2019

In my drafts I have two blogs titled Maternal Mental Health week. One from 2018 and one from 2019. They remained drafts because honestly,…

Anxiety, Depression 5th May 2019 5th May 2019

I live every day with the reality of depression and anxiety crushing down on me. Most of the time, this is just an irritating…

Anxiety, Depression 30th April 2019 30th April 2019

My anxiety is generally pretty well managed, because I know my triggers. It’s how I get through life appearing to be pretty much fine….

faith, Thoughts 17th January 2018 17th January 2018

When praying for healing I often find myself in a Peter Pan sort of mentality. I am terrified that my lack of faith, or…

Anxiety, Depression, Thoughts 5th January 2018 13th August 2019

So, I have realised recently that my mental health over the past year seems to noticeably deteriorate after someone has asked me how I…

Anxiety, Depression, Thoughts 4th October 2017 3rd August 2019

So, I am going to jump back onto that old thing – the system for treating mental health. We all know (I hope!) that…

Thoughts 1st October 2017 5th May 2019

Time flies when you haven’t got a clue what you are doing. One year and 11 hours ago I was in a pool, in…

Anxiety, Depression, Thoughts 21st September 2017 30th April 2019

It has been a busy year. Elijah will be one year old in a couple of weeks and since he was born we have…

Anxiety, Depression 21st August 2017 17th January 2018

Many people we encounter day to day do not fulfil the imagined role that people with mental health problems are thought to have. They…