How often when someone asks ‘HOW ARE YOU?’, do you answer honestly? Well you’re hardly going to go…. ‘It’s the anniversary of my cat’s death and I’ve been sitting on the loo all morning crying.’ or ‘I had a sex dream about my year 7 geography teacher and it is FREAKING ME OUT!’ or ‘I…
Category: mental health
Why RESTING BITCH FACE is a lie.
Has anyone ever told you that you have a ‘resting bitch face’? The definition in the dictionary states a sullen or scowling expression attributed to or unconsciously adopted by a person when in repose. Let me break it to you….. RESTING BITCH FACE IS A LIE. But do you know what is REAL? Social anxiety….
A Funny Story about Panic Attacks
Panic attacks literally make ZERO SENSE. It’s not like you are having a panic attack in front of a SWORD WIELDING PIRATE WITH RABIES! Your fight or flight reflex has broken and you are hyperventilating over your bowl of Kellogs Crunchy Nut! Or in the loo of your parents house during a family dinner. Or…
Food is LOVE – Caramac Porridge
They say a way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Scrap that! A way to ANYONE’S HEART is through their stomach. Think about how many ‘ceremonies’ or ‘rituals’ we have related to food. Birthday parties and birthday cake. Christmas dinner. Thanksgiving dinner. Easter and chocolate. Going out for dinner with friends. Going on…
Wonderfully WEIRD – Turmeric Latte Oats
Turmeric is yellow. Groundbreaking stuff, I know. Does it apologize for being yellow? Does it beat it self up for staining your fingers and clothes? NO! It stands brightly in your spice cupboard saluting you with it’s brazen, sunshine colour ready to PERK up your curries and stews. I would like to introduce to you…….
The day the CREATIVITY died.
Do you feel like your CREATIVITY has died? Do you feel like your mind is constantly drawing blanks? Does it feel like it is a broken record, stuttering and scratching on REPEAT? Does your brain sometimes feel exactly like ‘a doll on a music box?’ In November and December when I was at my darkest…
(Low Sugar) Carrot Cake Oatmeal : How to stop ABUSING YOURSELF with FOOD.
When your mental health is BAD or your MOOD is LOW, do you A) Deprive yourself of FOOD, STARVING YOURSELF and PUNISHING yourself? B) Lose your appetite completely and FORGET to eat? C) Binge eat turning to all the DELICIOUS and ‘TRASHY’ comfort foods, eating so much that your body HURTS and you HATE yourself?…
How to be a MESS – Living with SHAME.
‘Shame! Shame! Shame!’ And NO, I’m not referring to the Shame Nun in Game of Thrones. (Although sometimes it CAN feel like that.) This whole post has been a struggle to write because instead of focussing, my BRAIN is SCREAMING at me. Today my head woke up MESSY. My thoughts racing A MILLION MILES AN…
Why it’s important to eat PIZZA two days in a row?
This week I had pizza two days in a row. Delicious, oozing, EUPHORIC, mouth watering pizza. I love pizza. I love Italian food. I love the Italian culture of sharing food. ‘Mangiare per vivere e non vivere per mangiare’ which means… LIVE to EAT, don’t EAT to LIVE. Pizza is a food that makes me…
Joyfull Joy 