I had been tossing and turning for hours on end. Too hot… foot out of the covers, too cold… foot back under the covers. My old friend insomnia had visited again. Hazy eyed and stiff limbed, I climbed out of bed, prepared some chamomile tea and rolled a smoke. Stepping outside I saw that the…
Tag: Mental Health
The Silver Monday
“Smile when your heart is aching, smile even though it’s breaking…” The song that has seen me through many Mondays and the song that inspired this post. We all have bad days from time to time and it is so easy to let the dark corners of our mind take over and distract us from…
They Roll Their Eyes
I am annoyed. I am angry. But am I allowed to be? Or is that too concerning, with the badge they have given me? I am trapped inside my own head and I don't know what to do. Too many unanswered questions that I can't construe. There isn't a day that goes by, everything doesn't…
Let’s Start to Say “So What?”
So what if this is it? I am going to make IT good. If there is no point, great! That means we can do anything we want to and be anyone we want to be.
Start the Day the Best Way
The way we start our day is so important to our overall mood and many of us forget to take a little moment to treat ourselves. Between trying to shake off the morning fog, frantically getting ourselves ready for work or getting the kids ready for school, it can seem impossible to find five minutes of peace to prepare yourself for the busy day ahead. But there are a few different ways that you can help beat the morning blues and make the most out of your morning!
A Letter to Society about Mental Health
Dear anyone who uses the terms "batsh*t", "crazy", "psycho", "mentalist" or any other terms that are tasteless, uneducated, outdated and plain wrong,
The Wake Up Call
I was talking to a friend tonight who was telling me that he was struggling to find the motivation to do anything good for himself at the moment. I tried to offer some advice until I realised that I had also fallen into the same habitual state of working and then wasting away in front…