This post was written by Georgia, who blogs over at The Lazzzy Student. Here, Georgia shares her personal experience with anxiety and how it was exacerbated by the pressure she put herself under at university. When I first came to university, I felt great! First year flew by, while I joined loads of clubs and [...]
This next post is written by Grace who blogs over at Life In Bloom. Here she shares her experiences of bullying and the impact it had on her mental health, as well as some words of encouragement for overcoming these kinds of negative experiences. Bullying & Mental Health Bullying is the repetitive, intentional hurting of [...]
Verbalising (or in this case typing!) the reality of experiences of anxiety is difficult but helpful. I still find that using the phrase ‘living with mental illness’, or anything like it, causes something in me shrank away in a ball of shame and fear. In spite of my advocacy of openness when it comes to [...]
Today I say goodbye to my twenties. This is not a thing that bothers me. I mean, I’ve had the occasional ‘Oh gosh, 30 sounds like a proper grown up age. Shouldn’t I have *enter-generic-age-related-expectation-here* before they let me turn 30?’ moments, but generally I’m ok with this particular milestone. But even though turning 30 [...]
My dad is an incredible man and as I continue to grow and learn how to be an adult (ish!) I am constantly awed by his capacity for personal growth and his openness. He has experienced bouts of depression and as part of his coping method, recovery and reflection on his experiences he wrote what [...]
Thrive In Chaos 