Self harm – Myths and Facts

While researching materials for the mentoring and befriending training I will be delivering in September, I came upon this little myth bashing article about self harm. As someone who has self-harmed in the past, I think it is important to draw attention to this much misunderstood issue. Please feel free to share
Myth: Self-harm [...]

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Confessions of a self-help junkie

On Saturday, while polluting the environment on a 180-mile round trip to Nottingham for my monthly OU tutorial, I popped in to see my folks.
I have been moved out almost a year now, but it still seems that every time I visit, I bring back a bag of “stuff”. A lot of that stuff finds [...]

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SAD: Habits that help me cope.

Enduring the darkest part of the year.

It’s no secret that I struggle with SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) at this time of year. So far the only item that I have put on my Christmas list is a Lumie alarm clock, purported to help those of us who have trouble getting out of bed on these [...]

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Feeling SAD?

I don’t know about you, but I really have problems getting out of bed at this time of year. HTB remarked on this the other day. “You were getting up at 5am only a few months back!” Yes, because it was blazing sunshine at 5am a few months back. Ironically, given the washout of a [...]

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My duhpreshun

I went to see the doc today, as my anxiety attacks seem to be getting worse. To be precise, they’re not actually getting worse, but they’re not getting any better either. It’s frustrating as I can go for weeks or months and feel totally fine. I make an effort to stay posititve (easier some days [...]

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