Avoidance: Toxic Family And Protecting Your Wellbeing
Reading Time: 5 minutes Insights into toxic families, their behaviours, and how avoidance of your family can be the best solution to protect your mental wellbeing
Me
Welcome to the category archive that’s all about me. Here you’ll find all the articles that have been indexed as containing a sizable amount of personal information and my experiences.
If you want to learn more about the person behind the Unwanted Life blog, then this is the archive for you.
Here you’ll find articles whereby I talk about my mental health and my invisible disability issues. You’ll also find some other interesting insights into who I am as a person.
Positive Psychology Interventions: My Surprising And Random Encounters
Reading Time: 4 minutes My encounters with positive psychology interventions, which surprisingly, never happened when I was receiving treatment for my mental health
Gratitude Letter: An Easy Example Of Positive Psychology
Reading Time: 4 minutes There are a number of positive psychology interventions you could use, with the gratitude letter one being one of the easiest
Positive Psychology: The Theory And Its Interventions
Reading Time: 15 minutes An in-depth look at positive psychology and its usefulness for helping people suffering from mental health and substance abuse problems
A Weekend With My Mum: A Disgusting Society’s Ableism
Reading Time: 4 minutes I discuss my mum’s weekend visit, disability/cancer, and how society isn’t always kind to those who are disabled due to what they see as “special” treatment
Let The Battle Begin: My Weekend With My Mum
Reading Time: 10 minutes The surprisingly less traumatic weekend experience I spent with my mum when she came down to visit me and my partner’s parents
Insomnia: How Trauma Can Ruin A Good Nights Sleep
Reading Time: 5 minutes After being inspired by an insomnia meme, I discuss the traumatic thoughts of my past that use to cause my insomnia and how I overcame it
Mindfulness And Its Downsides: Anxiety Disorders Vs Mindfulness
Reading Time: 4 minutes Mindfulness is the new trend at the moment, but it’s not all good. Mindfulness-based meditation isn’t suited for all types of anxiety disorders
How Being Diagnosed With Dyslexia Changed My Life
Reading Time: 9 minutes How finally being diagnosed with dyslexia later in life explained so many of the problems I’d had with education over the years
Learning Difficulties: My Life Before My Dyslexia Diagnosis
Reading Time: 7 minutes A look at my struggles with reading, writing, and education before my dyslexia diagnosis, and how that had an impact on my life