How To Always Be There For A Friend: #BeTheMateYoudWant
Reading Time: 4 minutesTo honour Men’s Health Week, this article will discuss male friendships, because you should always be there for a friend: #BeTheMateYoudWant
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.
A Course Mandated Experiential Group For Therapists
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis article will use an example of an experiential group for therapists to show the power of minority influence and diffused responsibility
My Experience Of Being In Group Therapy: Part 2
Reading Time: 9 minutesThis article outlines my second experience of giving group therapy a try and the outcome of that experience, echoing the first attempt
Life With My Hair Destroying Behaviours
Reading Time: 6 minutesAs a follow on to the article, Traction Alopecia: The Hair Pulling Question, I discuss my life with my hair destroying behaviours
Traction Alopecia: The Hair Pulling Question
Reading Time: 16 minutesThis article discusses my hair pulling and hair destroying behaviours that lead to me developing permanent traction alopecia to identify which disorder best accounts for those behaviours
Having A Freedom Pass When You Have An Invisible Disability
Reading Time: 5 minutesMy disability freedom pass was meant to help set me free, but I soon found out it caused me additional anxiety: Invisible disabilities
My Experience Of Being In Group Therapy: Part 1
Reading Time: 4 minutesA personal account of group therapy and the difficulties that come with it, due to it feeling like I’m the practitioner or switching off
Dieting To Misery: Being Overweight
Reading Time: 5 minutesMy first-hand account of trying to lose weight by dieting, but what I found was that I was dieting to misery. Is weight loss anyway worth it?
My Experience Of Being In One-To-One Schema Therapy
Reading Time: 6 minutesA personal view of one-to-one schema therapy and being abandoned when I needed the support most by my Mental Health Trust (NHS)
Unopened Mail: The Surprising Impact Of Trivial Fears
Reading Time: 5 minutesI discuss the complications of not opening your mail, using my experience to highlight how this behaviour can make your mental health worse