What would I say to you?
byWhy is it so much easier to give help than receive it? As mentioned in my last post my mental health has sort of…
Depression
Mum guilt and mental health
byThere is so much pressure when it comes to parenting. You should do it one way and shouldn’t do it the other, but everyone…
Examining the Panic
byToday, we went to an aquarium and I found myself in a state of such physical panic as to be utterly unsettling. I was…
Motherhood and Mental Health
byIn my drafts I have two blogs titled Maternal Mental Health week. One from 2018 and one from 2019. They remained drafts because honestly,…
Just don’t think about it
bySo, I have realised recently that my mental health over the past year seems to noticeably deteriorate after someone has asked me how I…
The System
bySo, I am going to jump back onto that old thing – the system for treating mental health. We all know (I hope!) that…
Broken Referral
byIt has been a busy year. Elijah will be one year old in a couple of weeks and since he was born we have…
High Functioning
byMany people we encounter day to day do not fulfil the imagined role that people with mental health problems are thought to have. They…