Lifeline: It literally is.
Several weeks ago, I experienced a crisis. It was following the suicide of a friend, and I was struggling to cope. I called Lifeline at about 2 o’clock in the Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Mental health
Self care vs Selfishness: how do we know?
As someone who finds self care really tough to do, but who obviously needs a lot of it, I’m a loud advocate. But it’s tough to fight the voice that Continue Reading →
Grief. Loss. Anger.
TW: suicide, mental illness. I’ve been battling with such a huge amount of anger and sadness over the past few weeks, it’s been impossible to know how to write about Continue Reading →
“Research”
I am a terrible procrastinator. Or do I mean I’m a good procrastinator? Whichever one means you do it a lot. Once I start writing, I love it, but I will find Continue Reading →
Prince did not die from pain pills
He died from chronic pain. I read this article a few days ago and I’m still reeling. It’s hard to express how important and heartbreaking and overwhelming it is to Continue Reading →
Do you need a hand?
Trigger warnings: death, ableism. I started writing a thing for Blogging About Disableism Day, (Sunday 1 May), but then I found out that my friend Rose had died. And that Continue Reading →
Language is power: Option C
I am terrible at making decisions. The other day I spent 45 minutes trying to choose between two duvet covers at The Warehouse, followed by twenty minutes staring at different Continue Reading →
The top ten things illness and disability have taught me
Three years ago almost to the day, I was being wheeled out of Nelson hospital. A few times recently, I’ve caught myself saying “fuck, I wish I knew that before Continue Reading →
I don’t own anxiety
So, I saw this sarcastic tweet: “Funny how so many young girls have anxiety these days…” It implies that women in their teens and early twenties are exaggerating their feelings Continue Reading →
“What an attention seeker!”
At my high school, attention-seeking was up there with the other two worst things you could be accused of, which were being frigid or being a slut. We were not encouraged to express any Continue Reading →