Brave? I’m not sure about that?
It’s one year since I fell apart. So much focus is put on the kids being in school Going to meetings -TAC-CAMHS-LA ‘Doing as they’re told’ Fines being threatened, Kids in tears 😭 Anxiety attacks
World Mental Health Day
I was born with a brain that functions differently to other people’s. But I guess I’m not alone in that am I? My brain works overtime for no extra pay. It never shuts off. It desperately tries to keep me safe at all times. It gets stuck in fight, flight or freeze…
AuDHD Parenting Overwhelm
Touched Out? 🤚🏼 Brains feeling fried? 🧠 ⚡️ Mentally exhausted? 🧠🤯 Dealing with chronic pain?🫠 Everybody needing a piece of you and you feel like there’s nothing left for you? 🫥 AuDHD Parenting & Overwhelm…
Autism Acceptance Week
Autism acceptance is a movement that aims to promote understanding and acceptance of autism as a natural and valid variation of the human experience. This movement is driven by the idea that autism is not a disease or a disorder, but rather a neurological difference that should be respected and celebrated.
‘Career Psychiatric Patient’ Originally Published 2016
As I sit here, head in my hands, eyes closed. All I can hear are the voices of my care team. Care plan this, care plan that. My mum is softly crying whilst she talks to my psychiatrist. I can feel my anxiety rising like a volcano within. I desperately want to scream and run out of here. I want to run away from the god damn tedium of life.
