Grief: learning from grief
Time is not a healer With grief you hear people say “Times’ a healer”, I’ve always hated that phrase in the context of talking about the loss of someone. Its just so vastly inaccurate, and literally the worst thing you […]
Present moment – balancing past, present and future
No doubt about it the past few months have been a challenge for us all. At the start of lockdown I feel like everyone had a purpose, a direction, a reason to be in the present moment. Maybe as a […]
Panic attack – the story of Finding Me Again
My first panic attack. I was laying in a hospital hooked up to an ECG machine and about to have my blood taken. Guess what, there was nothing physically wrong with me. A little dehydrated sure but physically tip-top; healthy, strong […]
Is the news damaging our mental health?
So is the news damaging our mental health? Yes, it has the potential to. We are bombarded with news constantly, its almost always bad and at the moment given the current climate that’s not healthy. But its not healthy at […]
Anxiety and Covid:19 – coping with the stress and fear
I wanted to write about the current situation regarding Covid:19 and anxiety a lot earlier but I had to put some work in on myself, its been tough. I had a huge dip a few weeks ago the seriousness of […]
Overthinking – how to combat a busy mind
A few years ago I developed a habit of consistently overthinking. I named this habit my “zoom brain”. Deep thinking on certain subjects, zooming further in on the details getting lost in thought. Typically this happened when driving home from […]
Learning to fly again – tackling fear of flying
My fear of flying developed in my late teens, I don’t recall being scared of flying at as child. My Dad used to take us to air-shows regularly and I even went up in a propeller based plane, I think […]
Self-esteem – How to deal with insults and put-downs
We’ve all had it a friend, a co-worker whatever just someone who consistently digs you out. For me at first it would fill me with anger I would either blow up at that person or just stew on it and […]
Citalopram – withdrawal effects
Occasionally I forget to take/order my Citalopram. Part of me says ‘well you don’t need it anyway so it won’t hurt waiting to get some more’. Its stupid really. I feel horrendous. You can maybe get away with it for […]
Battle Scars: A Story of War and All That Follows – Jason Fox
This is an honest account of Jasons life inside and outside of the military. Its underlined throughout with his battles with mental health issues. Jason offers himself up fully in this book warts and all and I could imagine it […]