I’ve always been a big reader and have often dreamed about becoming a writer, but I never imagined that writing would one day save my life.
Okay, perhaps that’s a little melodramatic, but it is definitely true that writing about my experiences enabled me to process what I’d been through and allowed me to finally recover after years of struggling with depression, anxiety and insomnia.… Read more
I struggled with many things when I was suffering from depression and anxiety, including issues surrounding my career, my relationships, my social life… It’s too much to talk about all at once, so I want to break it down and focus on one thing at a time. The following is based on notes that I made during therapy and is the story of not only what happened but how I came to terms with it.
Long before the events that … Read more
Last year, I wrote a short story for a competition by Mind, the mental health charity. The story, ‘The Journey’, was shortlisted but didn’t win any of the top prizes. Given that I wrote the story specifically for the competition, I didn’t really know what else to do with it, so as it’s currently Mental Health Awareness Week 2020, I thought I’d share it here. I’ve tweaked it only slightly and even had a go at illustrating some of … Read more
So, this is the first entry in what I’m calling “Let’s Talk About…”, which is based on my personal battle with mental health problems, my notes from therapy and my own research/experience of trying to live a happier life.
One of the aims for this series is to present some practical advice on a range of mental-health-related subjects and today, I wanted to look at what was, for me, one of the most challenging things to manage; sleep and … Read more
A while back, I reviewed Sarah Millican’s brilliant book “How To Be Champion“, which was part autobiography, part joke collection and part self-help book. On a similar theme, I’d like to discuss another book I’ve been reading recently; “Happy” by mentalist, illusionist and warlock Derren Brown. Or, to give it it’s full title: “Happy: Why More Or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine”.… Read more
For most of the last decade, I have been struggling with a range of mental health issues, including depression, anxiety and insomnia. I suffered on and off for a very long time before finally getting the help I needed and managing to turn my life around.
While I was in therapy, I made a lot of notes, and now I’m trying to turn those notes into something useful. “Let’s Talk About…” will be a series of blog posts that will … Read more
One of the things that I wanted to talk about on this blog is mental health. Specifically, I want to share my own experiences and some of the things that helped me with my recovery and continue to help me to be in my day-to-day life. In this post, I want to talk about one handy piece of advice from British comedian Sarah Millican…