Life and Death
byMy grandfather died two weeks ago. It came as a big shock to me. He was one of those solid sort of characters that…
Mental health
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…
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…