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Hello, my lovelies. Welcome, to my new mental health blog. I want to tell you why I’m here, and why I want to help YOU. 

 

Depression and mental health conditions are absolute hell to live through. The desperation and the soul-shattering numbness is indescribable. 

 

It engulfs the entire world around you and burns everything in its wake. Even the people you love aren’t safe from its wrath.

 

It’s evil. And it doesn’t care who you are. It’s going to suck the life out of you anyway.

 

I have been there before, but I’m still standing. I’m still fighting, and I’m still slaying. Trust me, if I can do it, so can you! 

If you’ve ever felt lost, alone, hopeless and desperate for it to stop, you are not alone.

 

 

 

I feel you, from the bottom of my heart.

 

For as long as I can remember there was always this non-stop debate in my mind, with one side relentlessly predicting disaster and the other side desperately seeking reassurance. 

 

My own brain felt against me… my own worst enemy living inside my head and I could hear her voice every minute, of every hour, of every day.

Despite my struggles and internal chatter, I have always been terrified to talk about my mental health.

 

Terrified of other people’s opinions and assumptions about me, I’d get crippling anxiety in the company of others. 

 

My mind needed help. Why was that such a bad thing to say?

 

I just couldn’t get the words out of my mouth. No matter how hard how I begged my brain to say it I just choked every time. 

 

Why are we like this? 

 

 

Would you be ashamed to ask for help if you broke your leg? 

 

Why is physical pain recognised as debilitating but mental pain… oh yeah, just get over that, that’s all in your head.

 

Just pull yourself together.

 

So that’s why I’m here. 

 

That’s why I’m starting a new mental health blog full of relatable stories and kick-ass advice to help us take back control of our minds and let go of the shame! 

 

Because I’m sick of a society where the most complex part of our body is the only part we aren’t allowed to have open and honest conversations about.

 

I want to normalise saying “No, I’m not ok” 

 

I want to build a community where it’s okay to talk about your bad days, a place that isn’t just full of fairy dust and rainbows and the pressure to fit into some picture-perfect box. 

 

Let’s acknowledge that neurodiverse people absolutely rock!

 

 

 

 

The world would be dull and boring without us.

 

The complexity of the human brain is the true miracle of the universe. We weren’t made to be clones, our differences are what make us human.

 

There is no cure, there is no magic wand that I am promising to wave and wash it all away.

 

That isn’t how this works. 

 

What I have learnt throughout my personal journey is that you cannot always solve it. Sometimes you just have to accept it, acknowledge it and then learn to navigate it. 

 

Together we can support and encourage each other to be kind to ourselves, to believe in ourselves and to love ourselves. 

 

 

 

 

When you decide to make yourself a priority and stop hiding away out of fear, you will be amazed at how different life can be. 

 

• You CAN change your mindset.
• You CAN mend your mind
• You CAN chase your dreams
• You CAN do anything you want to!

 

I hope you will join me on this journey and I hope in time you come to find this new mental health blog useful, informative and inspirational. I hope to show you that mental health disorders do NOT define who we are! 

 

 

 

 

 

If you are struggling with your mental health please check out my resources page for links to professional help and advice.

If you are in the UK and you need access to urgent mental health support, please visit the NHS link here. 

 

 

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