My Journey With Mental Health So Far
One day, on a quiet afternoon, I was sat in the living room with the TV off. I had been watching something on Netflix earlier, but wasn’t really in the mood for whatever show it was, so I was now trying to have a nap. Trying and failing. I had so many thoughts bouncing around…
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Why I LOVE Myself (pt2)
“But my most significant step forward yet would come from something I once thought would cause me more pain than joy. Thankfully, I was wrong…”
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Why I LoveD Myself (pt1)
“… I now know that what had actually happened was just that I started living my life for myself and not for the imaginary standards I thought I was being judged by.”
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It Has Been 15 Years: This Is What I’ve Learned
This Friday will mark 15 years since the day my life changed forever. It’s been a while since I wrote specifically for the anniversary of the accident, and this year would have been no different. However, I was filling out a form a couple of weeks ago and had to specify what major surgeries I’ve…
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Living With Carers: Making It Work
Yesterday, a friend asked how I go about trying to live a normal life with very little space to myself. They were referring to the fact that I’ve now lived in care for 15 years. By that, I mean I have required physical assistance from another person to carry out one or more daily tasks…
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The Grass Isn’t Always Greener
Sometimes I get lost thinking how things could’ve been different, but not in the way you might think.
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Yesterday Doesn’t Have to Determine Tomorrow
Yes, spinal-cord injury is hard. But like so many other things in all our lives, it is just one of a myriad of past experiences that I live with in the present and doesn’t have to stop me from flourishing in the future.
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Putting Myself First
Putting my well-being first has meant not being able to write, record or post as much content as I’d like… and I’m okay with that 😊
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What Social Work Means To Me
Social workers can be many different things to different people. Most people have their ideas on what social workers should be. Well, I can’t speak for anyone else so this is what social workers have been to me.
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Grief and Gratitude
Jan, 21st 2022. I thought I knew pain before this date. I was sorely mistaken. The words don’t exist to describe this, so I won’t try. But I do have the words to describe the gratitude for everything that makes this pain possible.
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A Dream And Nothing More
Just a dream I once had. It was surreal and yet so real, unexplainable yet totally understandable, joyful and yet painful. You know, like most dreams… but not.
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