Don’t Worry If You Don’t Know What To Do I’ve Spent A Little Time In Worried Shoes

There's a good few people I know out there that are going through some tough times at the moment. There's so many different kinds of things they're going through. Some are related to an ongoing struggle with The Dog. For others they are trying to make sense of the world they're in and their position …

Trying Is The Point Of Life So Don’t Stop Trying, Promise Me

How down so you have to be for you to realise that you're down? Can you have an awareness of your own situation enough that you are aware of every moment of decline? At what point do you realise that you're able to go "hey, I'm not in a good place at all"? Last weekend's, …

Searching For The Ground With My Good Eye Closed

I keep trying to write. It's not that there's writers block. Far from it, I'm being creative. It's more that I start over analysing the results, leading me to abandon them. So, here I am, throwing more words at the virtual page, hoping that some of them stick. The past few months have contained several …

What’s My Drug Of Choice? Well, What Have You Got?

Medication. It's not for everyone. It's odd because medication carries as much of a stigma as actually having mental health issues. Just because you have them doesn't mean you need to be on tablets or the other way round. Some people still look down on people for taking them which probably doesn't help sufferers from …

From Despair To Where?

Forgive me father, it's been too long since I last posted...... It's not that I didn't write anything. There are a couple of completed blogs ready in my drafts section. I just felt they weren't quite right to be out there. They may be after some rewrites, they may not. Time will tell. My journey …

You Can Come To Terms And Realise You’re The Only One Who Cannot Forgive Yourself (The Anxiety Diaries Part 5)

Acceptance.  It's just one word but it's one word that could just be the key to my condition.  Today was my fifth over the phone counseling session, which looks as though we'll be extending up to nine in total. Today we looked back over the Christmas and New Year period, nearly two weeks since my …

If You Just Close Your Eyes You Can Feel The Enemy (The Anxiety Diaries Part 4)

I’ve decided to name this stretch of my blog “The Anxiety Diaries” so I can keep track of what I’ve been like during this period. Also, I’m hoping it will allow people to see what it’s like and what goes through my head during my prolonged spells of anxiety.  Sometimes you just need to stand …

I Don’t Know, It’s All I’ve Been, What You Sow Is My Last Sin (The Anxiety Diaries Part 3)

I’ve decided to name this stretch of my blog “The Anxiety Diaries” so I can keep track of what I’ve been like during this period. Also, I’m hoping it will allow people to see what it’s like and what goes through my head during my prolonged spells of anxiety.  Things are starting to change, I …

Your Painted Face Has Cracks In The Surface

One of the things I believe in regarding mental health issues is being honest with yourself and those around you. If you can't be honest then you can't really try to deal with what you're going through.  Anxiety is invisible, hiding beneath the smooth surface of life, just waiting for the moment it can break …

I Won’t Back Down

Today is Worldwide Mental Health Awareness Day. Today is a day where we should talk about what we go through, enlighten others with our stories, our trials and tribulations. By remaining silent, by not talking, we perpetuate the myth that we should remain quiet, that we should suffer in silence.  When we do this we …