Seven Ways PND Has Made Me A Better Mum
Postnatal Depression & Anxiety made me believe that not only was I a terrible mum, I was also a terrible human. A monster. A useless waste of oxygen and a burden on my family. Violent…
Category: Recovery
Therachat Review – A Therapist In Your Pocket
Last week I wrote about coping between therapy sessions and mentioned a fab new app I’ve been using called Therachat. Today, I wanted to tell you a little more about Therachat and it’s features, and…
How To Survive Between Therapy Sessions With Therachat
A few weeks back I shared tips for anyone currently going through CBT therapy and today I’m back to talk about how you can keep calm and positive between sessions. When you’re really poorly just…
When Parenting Isn’t What You Imagined
There is so much I enjoy now about being Caterpillar’s mum. At five, he’s cheeky, funny, insightful and caring and, after all my fears during the PND time, it’s lovely to be able to admit…
CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) – Ten Things To Expect
Attending your first ever session with a therapist can be a really daunting and nerve-wracking prospect but definitely worth the trouble. Therapy can play an extremely important role in your recovery from Anxiety, Depression or…
Rainbow Baby – The Struggle No One Told Me About
Welcome back to the My Mountain series – where guest bloggers share their biggest parenting challenges and how they face them. Today we have Toni joining us from Becoming Schultz, bravely sharing her story… Anyone who has had…
Postnatal Depression & Anxiety Risk Factors
Why did I get Postnatal Depression? Why did I develop Anxiety? Why me? These questions haunted me for a really long time during the latter stages of recovery. After the initial illness begins to pass…
SANE’s #LetMeTalk Campaign
Talking about my mental health is the best decision I ever made. But it wasn’t an easy one. Depression & Anxiety try to take everything from us – our identity, our confidence, our happiness and…
Is Anxiety Making You Codependent?
During a recent Facebook Live video, as part of the Anxiety Toolkit series, we were talking about support and relying too heavily on other Anxiety sufferers for reassurance and symptom management. It’s something I’ve had…
Bonding – Does Postnatal Depression Negatively Affect Your Relationship With Your Child?
My son turns five years old this Spring so I thought it was a good time to explore the affect Postnatal Depression, Anxiety and OCD has had on our bonding, and our mother/son relationship in the…