Avoidance: Toxic Family And Protecting Your Wellbeing
Reading Time: 5 minutesInsights into toxic families, their behaviours, and how avoidance of your family can be the best solution to protect your mental wellbeing
Positive Psychology Interventions: My Surprising And Random Encounters
Reading Time: 4 minutesMy 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 minutesThere 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 minutesAn 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 minutesI 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 minutesThe 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 minutesAfter 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 minutesMindfulness 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 minutesHow finally being diagnosed with dyslexia later in life explained so many of the problems I’d had with education over the years
The Blues: Post “Making Plans” Depression
Reading Time: 4 minutesFeeling the blues from time to time is quite common and it can often happen without a known cause, so what can you do to manage those blues?