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Category Archives: Mental health

Is addiction the unspoken side effect of chronic illness?

Posted on January 21, 2019 by writehanded — Leave a reply

I have enough drugs in my house to kill me. Probably three or four times over. And that’s ‘normal.’ That’s just how it is.

Posted in About illness, Mental health, Uncategorised | Leave a reply

Ask Me About My Uterus

Posted on January 10, 2019 by writehanded — Leave a reply

Abby Norman was never going to have a ‘normal’ life, no matter how much she may have wanted one. And she really, really did.

Posted in About illness, Feminism, Mental health | Leave a reply

2018 retro(/intro)(/per)spective

Posted on December 14, 2018 by writehanded — Leave a reply

My immediate response when I try to search the Mines of Moria of my memory is usually a 404 error, and trying to think about the whole past year crashed Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Feminism, Mental health, Poetry, Politics, Rebel Girl Reads, Uncategorised, WINZ/IRD, Writing and books | Leave a reply

‘Manic Depression on a mixtape’

Posted on November 27, 2018 by writehanded — Leave a reply

‘Take your pills. Don’t take your pills. Read this self-help book. Call her emotional. Put Manic Depression on a mixtape and give it to her for Christmas.’

Posted in About illness, Mental health, Writing and books | Leave a reply

Give me back my anxiety chair!

Posted on November 19, 2018 by writehanded — 2 Comments ↓

Working my way through the impressive and throat-gripping essays in new anxiety anthology Headlands, I’m struck by two things. How unique each story is – and how each one is Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Mental health, Writing and books | 2 Comments ↓

Robots, writing and revolution

Posted on October 26, 2018 by writehanded

“I don’t see the point in writing about something that doesn’t really excite you; that doesn’t get right down into the base of your spine.” – Helen Heath

Posted in About illness, Mental health, Poetry, Writing and books

You are going to die with unread emails

Posted on October 14, 2018 by writehanded

At first glance, this might sound like a horrible threat. But since the moment I heard it, it’s become a comforting mantra.

Posted in About illness, Feminism, Mental health

Food, misogyny and me

Posted on September 24, 2018 by writehanded

Some posts take a few hours to write and then I hit publish with ease. Others take weeks and every time I go to push the button I just freeze. This is one of those Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Feminism, Mental health | Tagged Anorexia

Productivity ≠ Worth Part One

Posted on September 3, 2018 by writehanded

For as long as I can remember, I’ve struggled with the need to constantly achieve. A deeply felt belief that productivity = worth. I hear a relentless voice telling me to do Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Feminism, Mental health, Politics, WINZ/IRD

How to feel without feeling overwhelmed

Posted on August 16, 2018 by writehanded

I wrote a response to Bryan Walpert’s book Poetry and Mindfulness: Interruption to a Journey, for Booksellers NZ. 

Posted in Mental health, Poetry

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