PoTS: My Experience Of The Cardiac Valve Stress Echo
Reading Time: 5 minutesA personal account of what to expect from a cardiac valve stress echo (exercise stress test for short) for a PoTS diagnosis
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.
Anniversary: My Second Year Blogging
Reading Time: 6 minutesAn article to celebrate what has happened with this site over the last year, marking Unwanted Life’s second anniversary
Symptoms And Signs Of Anxiety To Watch Out For
Reading Time: 6 minutesA nice guide to the signs and symptoms of anxiety so you can recognise if you’re developing anxiety so you can take pre-emptive action
How To Be An Effective Mental Health Ally
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis article provides ways for you to become a mental health ally for yourself and others so we can make society better for everyone
Ask Twice To Support People Who Might Want To Talk
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe campaign to Ask Twice is a movement to get people talking more openly about mental health, so why not see how you can do this to help
What You Need To Know About Psychotic Episodes
Reading Time: 5 minutesPsychotic episodes are surprisingly common and can be triggered due to numerous different causes, and not all of them are psychological
Beat: How Their Eating Disorders Web Chat Works
Reading Time: 7 minutesBeat offer support for people who suffer from, or suspect they might suffer from, an eating disorder. One of their resources is live web chat
Graded Exposure: The Ultimate Method To Tackle Fears
Reading Time: 9 minutesGraded exposure is a CBT method designed to tackle fears and anxieties, which I’ve turned into a self-help workbook so you can do it at home
Is Gaming Good For Your Mental Health And Wellbeing?
Reading Time: 14 minutesGaming is a $134.9 billion (US) industry, so its reach into our lives is global, but is that a good thing or not?
Why Do I Say “I’m Fine” When Actually I’m Not?
Reading Time: 5 minutes“I’m fine” is a well-known code for not being fine, but why do we say it and why do we ignore this unwritten code when someone else uses it?