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An Open Letter to My Friend Who Doesn’t Understand Depression:

JulieOctober 15, 2018October 15, 2018Leave a comment

Dearest Friend,

Some days really are better than others. For me at the moment, there are a lot of days that are better than the ones in the present. And there are some things you need to know.

I understand that you are one of many people who go through life having no idea what it is to feel depressed or to experience anxiety. And that’s okay too. But for those of us who do, it can be incredibly difficult to explain what’s going on in our minds, but it’s also difficult for you to understand us.
Yes, it’s okay to not feel okay. I mean, hey. It’s not alright that people have to go through this, that fact is just awful. But this is to you, my friend, who doesn’t know what it’s like, and I ask you to take a moment to read just four things that we struggling people really want to tell you…

In Advice, Anxiety, Awareness, Depression, Feelings, Mental Illness, Recovery, Self Care, Self Love, Truth

The Truth about Self Care

JulieSeptember 2, 2018September 2, 2018Leave a comment

So many people talk about “self care” these days, especially when one is suffering from a mental illness, as well as things like stress and fatigue. But there’s something that many people don’t realise: Self care might not be what you think it is.

The question I am going to ask is, how do you view self care? Is it purely taking time out to be alone, to take a breath and relax? Treating yourself to coffee on the way to or from work? A long bubble bath at the end of a big day? A massage? An extra piece of cake – because you deserve it?

I have a simple answer for you. No. That is not self care. That is what I call “self love”. Self love is not a bad thing at all; it is in fact important, as long as it is not over-indulged. (But that’s for another post, on another day.)
Let’s talk more now about what “self care” really is…

In Anxiety, Awareness, Depression, Feelings, Healing, Hope, Moving on

Hope: Why it’s worth fighting for

JulieJune 26, 2018Leave a comment

There are some days, where you simply ‘have’ hope. It’s just there. And then other days, you really have to fight for it. A quote that I love and can really relate to is “Sometimes you have to fight a battle more than once to win it”. If depression, anxiety or other struggles are something … Read More

In Anxiety, Awareness, Depression, Feelings, Healing, Mental Illness, Recovery

Me, on feeling okay.

JulieMay 16, 2018Leave a comment

Hey lovely people. This is a bit of a story and a few of my thoughts, straight from the heart. My thoughts and feelings on recovery, and how I am going with feeling okay. Sometimes the craziness of life gets the better of us, and we get very quickly overwhelmed, especially if how we feel … Read More

In Awareness, Feelings, Healing, Mental Illness

Feelings: What to do when they hit you

JulieApril 18, 2018May 15, 2018Leave a comment

Feelings. They creep up on us out of nowhere, confuse us, bring us joy, and even pain. But what do you do when they hit you like a tonne of bricks? When you’re overwhelmed by this perhaps foreign concept, these things called feelings? A lot of us struggle when we begin to have different feelings, … Read More