In order for me to function during my daily life it is crucially important that I sleep well. If ever I don’t attain the sleep that I need, several ailments come along with fatigue which make it impossible for me...
I have four diagnoses that affect my mental health and they are Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, autism, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM). In addition to those four conditions I also frequently experience meltdowns. It’s very true...
Since the age of three I have been receiving fortnightly psychotherapy, and last week I had my 35th birthday. So despite not being a psychologist myself, there has not been a single mental health exercise that I haven’t practiced (over...
I’ve mentioned (very often) in previous blogs that I almost always have to ground and stabilise my thoughts and feelings. Whenever I experience anxiety from unexpected disruptions throughout the day, things not going according to schedule, and unsettling flashbacks, I’m...
A couple of years ago a documentary film about our family was released (named Because We Have Each Other), and within it each of us got a chance to do a fair bit of talking. Close to the beginning of...
