Hi everyone and welcome back to my blog. So this week has been mental health awareness week. Which we all know is a subject extremely close to my heart. It’s been amazing, so uplifting and inspiring to see so many people talking about their experiences and sharing their stories. However, as amazing as week likes this are for pushing mental health into the wider sphere and into the mainstream. For me it should be every week and every day. For people with mental illnesses it doesn’t stop happening after a set seven day period. It’s something we have to deal with and live through every single day.
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Blog posts are becoming few and far between these days. And when I do sit down to write one they all seem to be life updates nowadays. But this update is a big one. A really big one. I still firmly believe that writing is my form of therapy, trust me the conventional form doesn’t work on me. I’ve tried twice now. And quoting the incredible Matt Haig here as I’ve just started reading his book: ‘words, spoken or written, are what connect us to the world’ and ‘words, just sometimes, can set us free’. I wholeheartedly agree with those quotes. So that’s why I’m choosing to tell you guys the biggest piece of news i’ve ever had to tell in the form of a written blog post. Because I get my words out best and be truly honest by writing them down, not saying them. And writing gives me a sense of detachment to process whats happening and the opportunity to be a bit poetic and metaphorical. I’m not gonna pass up on that am I.
Hi everyone. This is a huge spur of the moment post. I have just had a sudden urge to write which hasn't happened for a while. Stuff has been going on and life has just got in the way of blogging which has really upset me but life and shit happens unfortunately. I had so many ideas and ambitions for what I wanted to do with my blog but pretty much everything in life has had to take a backseat lately. This is the first time that I've actually wanted to sit and write something for a while so I'm taking the time to do it before it dwindles. Let me explain why the title is the way it is...
Hey everyone. So as you all know my birthday is coming up really soon, THIS WEEK ACTUALLY OMGGG, and this birthday is a special one. I’m turning 20!!!! Can you believe that. Because I can’t. I still feel like a ten year old. I mean I still love high school musical and girls aloud and cheese puffs so I’m not far off to be fair. But as this birthday looms it means the start of a new decade and a new chapter in my life and I’m so bloody excited for it. Everyone says your 20’s are a crazy and wild ride and I’m so excited to start the ride and see what happens in this next decade. But I’m mainly excited to leave my teens behind because honestly it hasn’t been the nicest chapter of my life… school days ARE NOT THE BEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. Parents you fucking lied to me. But I’ll come to that another time because I have many feelings about my teen years that I wanna talk about and reflect on. I started writing this a few weeks ago when I was in the midst of an IBS flare up and none of my clothes would fit me. I wasn’t gonna publish it but I thought someone else may feel the same way and it might resonate with someone so I thought why not. So thats the context for ya. I’ve just added this lil paragraph in as I edit the post and finalise it. So keep reading to see what I'm on about with this post... So this week has been mental health awareness week. Of course I was not going to let it slip by and not say anything about it. Even if I have left it until the last day to post something. Mental health is a massive part of me and who I am. I want to try and do my bit to change the narrative on it and make a difference. Even if it’s just 1 person that I help I will be so happy with that and me writing this will be worth it. I’m still working up the courage to share everything that I’ve been through over the last 5 years but I’m working on it and one day I will pluck up the courage and tell you about it. Let’s just say the words: Anxiety, Depression and Suicide and that should cover the broad spectrum of it. Anyway back to this year and not my story for now. This year’s theme for Mental Health Week is ‘Body Image’ which is so important in the age of FaceTune and photoshop. Which are readily and widely available to anyone with a smartphone or a tablet. Both of which can alter everything so easily and then everyday people end up feeling shit about themselves because they see this fake and altered image/content and think thats what they have to look like to be beautiful and seen as worthy. NEWS FLASH. ITS FAKE, MANIPULATIVE AND NOT OKAY to any extent. So I wanted to use this post to give you all a list of things that I think you all should know regarding mental health and body image. Not just for this week of mental health week but for any week of the year whenever you feel down, need reminding of how amazing you are and need a lil boost of positivity. There’s something on my mind. My head is full of stuff and I need to express it somehow before I lose it all. So this is gonna be me rambling. I think. It may not make sense. But I wanna say it. I need to say it. This moment needs to be saved, remembered and documented in some way. And I’m choosing to do it in words and share it with the world. |
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