Let's rewind 3 weeks. I woke up one morning and I quite frankly had had enough. I rescheduled my doctors appointment as one had popped up for that afternoon. Then comes a stressful journey to the doctors because it was the f…

With the last couple of days of heat in Britain (Lol it lasted 3 days...) I've remembered how much I don't particulary enjoy summer. Yeah it's great fun, the days are longer and I can actually do things instead of fa…

It's 7:45pm on a Saturday evening, I'm alone in my flat without any thoroughly exciting plans. This is normal for me. This isn't a pity party, this is me being completely honest about how I feel about my uni experien…

Recovering from depression is like reaching the last monkey bar - it was hard to reach the end, it used all your strength but you did it and you'll do it again. Now you've reached the end of the Earth, felt the lowest of…

Today is therapy day and the lead up to the appointment leaves me racked with nerves. Sleep the night before my session is a myth, I toss and turn like the plastic flying fish you win in a cracker at Christmas. It's not beca…

I have been trying to articulate my feelings towards my first introductory sessions of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for the last few weeks, however my mind is a bit of a mess and spinning like a washing machine, so forgive me n…

Anxiety affects one in six people. A side effect of having anxiety can be panic attacks, not everyone with anxiety suffers with them but it's a common side effect. People have different symptoms, it's the same as depress…