Thoughts from the anxious mind of a wife, mother and one-time career girl
Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week This week is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, an annual campaign dedicated to talking about mental health problems during and after pregnancy. It’s all about raising public and professional awareness of perinatal mental health problems, advocating for women affected by it, changing attitudes and helping families access the information, care... Continue Reading →
It’s that dreaded time of year when the media is full of ‘new year, new you’ messaging, your social media is awash with Dry January and Veganuary and you can’t escape the ‘what are your resolutions?’ questioning. I can feel myself, totally subconsciously, dialing up the self-hatred to a hundred. It’s what these messages are... Continue Reading →
Despite struggling with mental ill health, to greater and lesser degrees for the majority of my life, I've chosen for the most part to stay unmedicated (apart from a relatively short and very badly managed period of Citalopram a good few years ago now). I'd made that decision for so many different reasons - that... Continue Reading →
Mental illness is a complex beast, and anxiety is regularly joined by other disorders. But because anxiety is more widely known (although not necessarily better understood), sufferers often roll all of their issues into the snowball of anxiety, and don't receive proper diagnosis and treatment of other disorders. I've already touched on my own experience... Continue Reading →
* Disclaimer: I was gifted products for review, but all opinions are my own. I had a number of submissions for this piece and I handpicked the best and most suitable products to genuinely help children's mental health. All products have been trialled by my own family. Week 10 of lockdown: whilst some businesses are... Continue Reading →
18-24th May marks Mental Health Awareness Week; 7 days of open conversations around how to support and promote the nations mental health. This year’s theme is kindness and, whilst it’s obviously vital to show kindness to others, as my fave Ru Paul says, “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love... Continue Reading →
A new YouGov survey for international children’s charity World Vision shines a light on how the nations children are already struggling I’ve been trying to avoid too much discussion around the dreaded C word here on My Anxious Life, but unfortunately it’s time to face facts – Covid19 isn’t going anywhere soon and, even when... Continue Reading →
Last week, I went to the doctors to talk about my mental health, and a couple of things came from it that I wanted to talk about. They’re not necessarily easy reading but I started My Anxious Life to encourage and normalise tough conversations and I don’t intend to stop now! First – my doctor... Continue Reading →
- the new Nottingham-based charity that's fighting loneliness, one buddy at a time You may have read my recent post about how hard I find it to make friends as an adult. I was absolutely terrified to write it and admit it to myself, let alone share it with you guys. But I had the... Continue Reading →
Making friends. It was so easy when I was little. Shall we dress up as Disney Princesses and play Barbie's? Yes? We're friends. And everywhere I go, it still seems like it's that easy for everyone else - people are collecting new pals left, right and centre, from the school run to the gym. Yet... Continue Reading →
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