Although I’m not a mental health professional, I do have my fair share of lived experience, so I’m more than familiar with eco-anxiety. I try to live as green as possible, but it’s hard to be hopeful when world leaders seemingly don’t take the climate crisis seriously, and celebrities would rather hop on a private… Continue reading What Is Climate-Anxiety? How To Cope With Eco-Anxiety
I haven’t blogged about mental health in a while, but it’s still something I care about deeply. As it’s world mental health day, I wanted to contribute something to the conversation. I know better than anyone that you can’t self-help book your way out of depression or mental illness. Mental health is very complex and… Continue reading 10 Mental Health Books About Recovery, Staying Strong & Feeling Heard
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[GIFED] The act of self-care has become a popular subject in recent months on social media, and also a contested one. Sometimes the internet paints self-care as lazy days in PJs or pampering yourself with a new facemask and bath bomb. Both are acts of self-care, however, self-care isn’t always soothing or relaxing, which is… Continue reading 4 Little Acts Of Self-Care That Make All The Difference
Earlier this year, YouTuber Eugenia Cooney took a social media break and sought help for her eating disorder. I was so relieved, and other’s were too. A picture was posted on Instagram of her new haircut, and Twitter exploded. The picture was shared everywhere as well as before & after comparisons, and comments about how… Continue reading What NOT to say to someone with an eating disorder
[GIFTED] I was delighted to have been gifted a copy of From Stressed to Blessed: Overcoming Anxiety and Low Mood with Minor Lifestyle Changes by Anne Cross. The concept of the book is about how making small changes to our diet can help lift low, mood, anxiety, depression, and other struggles. This book was made… Continue reading Book Review: From Stressed to Blessed
Warning: Eating disorders will be discussed in this post Kim Kardashian promoted appetite suppressing lollipops on Instagram and the internet blew up – here’s why I think it’s a problem. The Problem The Kardashians are no strangers to promoting weight loss and slimming products, from waist trainers to detox teas, and now appetite suppressing lollipops.… Continue reading Appetite Suppressing Lollipops Suck
Why 13 Reasons why is a poor representation of mental health… Warning: Suicide, and mental illness such as depression and anxiety will be discussed in this post. My Twitter and Facebook timelines have been covered in posts about 13 Reasons Why this week. I read the book when I was 15 and was conflicted. On… Continue reading Why 13 Reasons Is… A Terrible Representation Of Mental Health
I don’t know if anyone has ever described something like this before, a lot of people with eating disorders talk about their “eating disorder voice” telling them what they can/can’t eat. I experience that too, but I would describe this as an eating disorder attack. Warning: Eating Disorders will be discussed in this post, if… Continue reading Eating Disorder Attacks
Christmas is supposed to be the happiest time of the year, but for anyone suffering from an eating disorder it’s a time of high stress. In fact, holidays like Halloween, Thanksgiving (if you celebrate that), and Easter are actually scary and are something someone with an eating disorder dreads because it means having to face… Continue reading Surviving Christmas with an Eating Disorder
