Seeya, 2014
I remember that my end-of-year post in 2013 was… um, a bit bitter, but optimistic. I guess both feelings were valid. Now, I’m just optimistic.
Category Archives: Mental health
Travel, pain and Krispy Kreme jealousy
As I settled in to read How Does It Hurt? on the first leg of my journey to Cairns, I drew the unavoidable parallels to Stephanie de Montalk’s painful pilgrimages, and counted Continue Reading →
The Uncertainty Principle
I have Generalised Anxiety Disorder. The main feature of GAD is excessive worrying and intolerance of uncertainty. Next week I’m flying to a different country. Let’s talk about how that’s Continue Reading →
Somewhere beyond thank you
A couple of days ago, Cate Owen tweeted asking for examples of kindness people had experienced because of Twitter. She was inundated with some pretty incredible replies.
Insomniacs Anonymous
It’s like one of those bad b grade horror movies where the main character wakes to a voice on the phone rasping “It’s 3am. Do you know where your daughter is?” Continue Reading →
Introducing On The Left
If you’ve not had your head under a rock this week, you might’ve spied the new kid on the blogging block – On The Left. I’m entirely partial, but I Continue Reading →
Beating anxiety
I’ve been doing pyschotherapy since last December. It’s not something I talk about often, because it’s deeply personal and because of the stigma associated with mental health. But there’s things I’ve Continue Reading →
Progress update – living with AS
When I first found out I had Ankylosing Spondylitis, I had a mixture of reactions. Fear, resignation, and a bit of weird excitement about what this knowledge would mean for Continue Reading →
Who cares about your health?
This week’s column in the Nelson Mail looked at health policy in the context of the election. I was interested in what might affect me as a young, disabled woman Continue Reading →
Food, fat and feminism: why eating is another fight
I think about food a lot. I love food. The fact that that feels like a guilty confession is one of the reasons I want to write about this.