Maintaining your physical and mental health while stuck in lockdown can seem challenging at first. Many of the things you can normally rely on to make you feel good – going to the gym, family holidays, or even nights out with friends – are no longer available. Thankfully there are plenty of tips and tricks…
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Explaining the Different Types of Eating Disorders
While it’s a fairly common, albeit harmful, misconception that eating disorders are just phases, fads, or kinds of lifestyle choices, they should be seen as the serious mental illnesses they really are. Eating disorders can have serious and detrimental consequences on a person’s physical and psychological health, not to mention affecting their everyday lives and…
Everybody Hurts, Sometimes
Just over a year ago I wrote a post called I Let it Go. I wrote about how I deal with the bad things that have happened (And still happen) to me. It’s my way of coping because I truly believe that not moving on only causes more pain and everybody hurts sometimes. Yesterday I…
Rehabilitation: What Is Involved and How Can It Help?
While medication, therapy, and family support are often invaluable in a person’s recovery from mental health or addiction, sometimes a more intense approach is required in the form of residential rehabilitation. These facilities can offer programs for teenagers and adults suffering alcohol or drug addiction as well as a wide range of mental health conditions….
Am I Having a Mid Life Crisis?
When my ex husband was 36 he claimed he was having a mid life crisis. I said that he couldn’t be as it wasn’t possible until he was mid life, which would mean about 50, not 36. His retort was that he didn’t expect to live past 70! So, what is a mid life crisis,…
