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A day in the life of anxiety
Before I get into this I feel I should give a slight trigger warning. If you’re anything like me, reading about anxiety triggers can actually trigger your own anxiety. While I don’t discuss anything particularly bad in this post I do advise to proceed with caution if that does apply to you! Right, let’s get to it then… You open your eyelids to a haze of what now’s and what ifs. Your stomach sinking further and further into the mattress, clawing and clinging, yearning to just go back to sleep. Have you ever experienced something that intense and immovable? It’s what every day can be like when you have anxiety.…
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Things depression makes difficult.
There are so many misconceptions about what living with depression is really like, and what struggles people like me face each day. Depression is actually a really difficult condition to understand when you haven’t experienced it yourself (not that I would ever want you to). We find things difficult that most people wouldn’t even think twice about. It can be very frustrating as we are often seen as lazy or like we aren’t tying hard enough simply because we find even the smallest of things very overwhelming. In an effort to help more people understand what we’re really dealing with, and raise more awareness of the true struggles of depression…
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Hygge: Self-care this winter.
Something that seems to be everywhere at the moment is Hygge. It’s all over Pinterest, and in all honesty I’m so glad I discovered it. Hygge, pronounced ‘hoo-gah’, is a Danish word and concept with no formal English translation. Most commonly it is a term used to describe something as being cosy, warm or homely. That is not the only definition though. Perhaps the best way to describe it is with a feeling: You’ve just arrived home from a cold walk in the brisk winter air. The fire is lit, and you’re wearing your thickest, warmest socks. In your hands, a warm soothing cup of tea (or whichever hot drink…
