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August 11, 2016February 9, 2017aveganadventurer

Musings of Mental Illness blogging: anger at romanticization, the guilt of narrow mindedness.

Sharing about mental health, physical health, traumatic events, and the personal is something that connects us, and is a tool for self-expression as well as knowing that you’re not the only one.

August 10, 2016November 29, 2016aveganadventurer

I’m ready to talk: Part 3.

There’s no photos, no eloquent writings or suicide notes from the night, or the day after. Because it wasn’t glamorous or romantic, and I didn’t sit and cry beautifully and write loving poetry to my family. I didn’t take selfies or photos of my drip in the hospital and I wasn’t able to live blog […]

July 30, 2016July 30, 2016aveganadventurer

I’m ready to talk: Part 2.

Few and far between. For every blog post published is pages and pages of poetry, scribbles, journaling and non-sharing. It’s time to slowly slowly slowly try and let go. It’s been a really long time since all of this and I’m still just okay and I know I’m sometimes distant and sometimes snappy and often confused. I’m trying though. Bear with me.

June 19, 2016February 9, 2017aveganadventurer

I’m ready to talk:

I know it should worry me

but the sickness it bubbles up and not eating isn’t the most important thing, right now. I don’t care, I don’t care.

Desperate for sleep, with a dancing mind. Flinging itself

into each and every corner of my skull. Just to say

“hey,

i’m here, and I’m not quite done. I’m not quite ready to rest. I still have some dancing to do.”

January 14, 2016January 14, 2016aveganadventurer

Tomorrow is… next week. Oh shit.

OOPS! I kept up with this new ‘project’ for… *drum roll in my mind violently clashes with the Sigur Ros playing on Spotify*… TWO DAYS! I managed two whole days of writing and publishing in a row! Wow. And my explorations of my own feelings towards myself about achieving this? Well, I’m disappointingly shaking my […]

January 6, 2016February 9, 2017aveganadventurer

Tomorrow is Tuesday 5th January

I don’t like the numbers and the decimals. I like long, drawn out things and constancy. Tomorrow is a long(ish,), full day I am excited for. And I wish for some honesty. I wish I could be wholly honest but that is not the expectation, the expectation is only to be kind, and firm, and […]

May 6, 2015February 9, 2017aveganadventurer

Switching off, switching on: what is self-care ~ to me, to you?

What is self-care? The term self-care has been synonymous with recovery – from addiction and illness, to breakdowns – and is about the steps and experiences to get you on the path to being as well as you can be. It’s about pouring acts of love into chasms of hurt, or numbness, or anxiety. Chronic […]