Tag: mental health
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An honest post. We all struggle sometimes.
Honest post warning!!! This is me blubbing on the train back from London. This is what it looks like when someone’s cup is a little too full. It was a tricky session yesterday with my psychologist. All nesscary work I am sure, but it left me feeling drained and a little fragile. I pushed through…
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Resilience. Its about struggling, failing, falling down…then getting back up.
Resilience is something many in the modern professional world aspire to. An office buzzword, sometimes thrown around with little understanding of the meaning. I have heard this word positioned by many a leader as a skill to withstand prolonged periods of uncertainty, a way to hold fast in a storm, an idea you can carry…
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Trauma Therapy Session 11: Post day 8. Beliefs we don’t want.
Sharing a journey through treatment to demystify the process for anyone nervous about starting therapy and also help me reflect and find the lessons to move me forward. The last session held some more conversation about one of the flash backs I suffer with. In all honesty it is still a subject I may have…
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Six reasons you don’t want help. Challenge yourself to do something different today.
I could list so many people I know right now who are unhappy. For some of them it’s a subtle feeling…I don’t remember the last time I felt truly happy. For others they have confided in me they have struggled so much they have considered taking their own lives. What do many of these people…
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Trauma Therapy Session 10: Post day 7. Yoga is Amazing!!!
In my usual attempt to go at solving something from multiple angles I have been to my first ever yoga class. I got some great advice from a colleague and learnt that were at least two types of yoga…Yin and Yang. It was recommend I try Yin yoga. A type of yoga that is slow…
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Poem: Rescue
No one is coming to rescue you. No words can save you from the fear of breaking free. No shinning knight or wise women will come to sweep you from this place. There is no happy ending except the one you create. No saviour who has saved a happy day for your pain. Only you…
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Finding happiness or mental well-being is messy and worth it.
Something I have been pondering of late is what the path to improve our mental health looks like. Occasionally in our therapy sessions Chris will ask to complete a questionnaire to gauge where any levels of anxiety or depression are at. I can see the value in these processes as they allow you to set…
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Why we have to change the narrative around mental health treatment. Therapy is good.
A short break from current run of therapy session downloads, although I suppose still related. I mentioned in passing to a family member this week that I was getting some treatment. It was a casual statement when they were asking what plans I had for the week. A couple of days later they messaged me…
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Poem: This Coat
Gosh it has been a long time since I posted any poetry. As part of my recent therapy sessions Chris and I have been exploring why I carry this continued guilt and balance that things were my fault. I have failed to find an answer so in an attempt to expose some of the underlying…
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Eight reasons why people in abusive relationships find it hard to leave.
I have often beat myself up about why I didn’t do more to get myself out of some of the situations I found myself in. And why even after everything I would forgive and not only go back to the people who hurt me but continue often to be there biggest support. Throughout my recent…
Rowan Aderyn 