Nausea can feel like the bane of my existence. As many of you may know I have a history of anxiety. I talk about it quite a lot on this blog. Less of you may know that I also have Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Both of these conditions can cause me to experience different levels of […]
Since before I was diagnosed with anxiety I could never put my finger on the cause. There seemed to be no underlying uniting factor that applied to almost all situations. My anxiety didn’t seem to have a running them for when or why it happened. Sometimes it happened at home. Sometimes when I was away. […]
I was really excited about this book when I read the blurb. It was another hidden gem I found on an infrequent visit to the local library. I couldn’t wait to read it. Once I’d started it I couldn’t wait to get to the end and find out what happened. I found the book incredibly […]
Listening is a skill most of us, if not all of us, think we posses. Most people with customer-facing roles or caring roles are trained to listen. We grow up being told to listen to instructions or to pay attention. But how well do we honestly do this? One time running a non-judgemental listening activity […]
When you go offline for a few days you can miss a lot. Usually catching up with the news is a study in societal and inidivdual failure. It makes for a bleak read. Consequently I was pleasantly surprised to find a glimmer of hope shining through. Today the news was dominated with articles surrounding various […]
Reading the newest data on suicide released by the Office of National Statistics the rise in female suicide shocked me. Although I am all too aware of current suicide statistics, it’s the biggest killer in men under 45 and a young person attempts suicide approx. every 20 minutes, I had at least hoped that the […]
I was shocked by the results of the NatCen’s British Social Attitude survey (reported here) which showed how the British public react to people suffering from a variety of mental illnesses. The findings revealed a severe lack of understanding for those who struggle with their mental health and the reality of living with a mental […]