Why You Won’t Find it Written in My Story that I Gave Up:

Why You Won’t Find it Written in My Story that I Gave Up:

A phrase that often goes through my head is “some days are better than others”, and I have often used this in my posts and stories, simply because it is so true. Some days are great! Other days are average. And some days, we feel like we are in a living hell.
We might be too tired to fight it; things seem too difficult to keep pressing on. But even if some days the only thing I do is survive, I will not give up. If I wrote out my entire life story, not once would you read that I gave up, and this is why:

Hope: Why it’s worth fighting for

Hope: Why it’s worth fighting for

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

Me, on feeling okay.

Me, on feeling okay.

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

Feelings: What to do when they hit you

Feelings: What to do when they hit you

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

When the Darkness Returns

When the Darkness Returns

One day, everything is perfect. And then the next? The darkness is back, and it’s threatening to take over. Again. The sky is a beautiful rich blue, velvety and bright, but then in the distance, clouds begin to appear. They are just beginning to scatter across the horizon, puffy and white, and to start with, … Read More

It’s Reality: Part III

It’s Reality: Part III

Part III: How to help a loved one with a mental illness Do you have a friend or family member who is struggling with mental illness? The way you respond to them can have a massive impact, but it’s hard to know if it will be negative or positive. Here are some important things to … Read More

It’s Reality: Part II

It’s Reality: Part II

Part II: You’re Not Alone. One of the hardest things to do is to acknowledge and accept the fact that you are struggling, especially if it is something to do with depression, anxiety, or other similar issues. We don’t want to admit that there is something wrong, many of us don’t like to ask for … Read More