I wasn’t going to do anything public for the new year, but I felt I needed to write something down for myself. It seems strange to...

To explain why this has come about; I work with a mental health care professional in a personal capacity. I conveyed to this person that...

**I realise this may read as if I think more highly of myself than others, which I do not. I wrote this because I am frequently irked by...

Travel, for me personally, is an opportunity to learn more about the world. To see more than what I have already seen. To experience...

Last week I wasn’t feeling good, I was experiencing dissociative episodes, strong and urgent suicidal thoughts and self-harm urges, my...

For those who don't have any executive functioning difficulties or difference they may not even consider this key part of being human....

Roughly a year ago, a couple of weeks into meeting with a new therapist she asked me; “What did you enjoy as a child?” Without thought I...

Today I got my period. As usual it meant I could breathe a sigh of relief; the past week wasn't the start of a massive relapse, it was...

Yesterday I had the privilege to attend and run some workshops at a student psychiatry conference. As a public speaker attending...

*Trigger Warning* read with caution and care. Mention of suicide, self harm and eating disorder. I've been thinking recently that many...

We all know that work can be both fulfilling or completely stressful, sometimes at the same time! In reality, as much as we all groan...

As part of mental health day 2018 I delivered a presentation about my journey with mental illness and what 'mental health' is to a group...

Recently, I have been having to delve quite deeply into my past. With help from my therapist, I have been peering into the nooks and...

I have always been an animal person. Up until the age of 6 we lived in a city and so couldn't have any pets. But every school holiday...

(Trigger warning) In my activism and public speaking I talk about my experiences of accessing mental health services, inevitably this...

Even the Dalai Lama once said "Sleep is the best meditation". On Maslow's Hierachy of Needs Sleep is at the bottom of the triangle, the...

I don't fit any stereotypes, I am not the non-verbal low functioning boy that rocks back and forth in the corner of the room. In fact the...

I have Autism – hopefully that’s pretty obvious from the title of this blog. But actually that isn’t particularly helpful to a lot of...