Mental Health, Emotional Wellbeing and Self-Care For Parents
Trigger Warning: This Post Contains Reference To Suicide & Suicidal Ideation Until now the most challenging and nerve-wracking subject I’ve tackled is intrusive thoughts but today’s post is even more difficult to discuss. But given…
I have learnt a great deal about mental health, and it’s stigma, since I began this blogging and advocacy journey. Shamefully, I had many misconceptions before experiencing mental illness myself and I now fight to…
Note: This post contains reference to suicidal thoughts and may be triggering for some people so please proceed with caution It’s difficult to admit this but there was a time when I thought I would…
As many of you know, when I was very ill I was obsessed with reading blogs about anxiety and PND, in particular recovery stories, and made a promise to myself that if I got better…
I wrote back in November about my desire to have another baby. After experiencing such severe anxiety after Caterpillar’s birth, and a few times since, it has taken me several years to feel ready to have another…
At 8am every single morning a recurring note pops up on my iPhone that says “Read Me”. Once opened it reads: “You won’t be cured today, so don’t expect to be, don’t fight for that,…
Yesterday I was asked to help at a lecture about birth trauma by the inspiring Dr Rebecca Moore, sharing my son’s birth story with MSc students of Womens Health. I’ve briefly touched on Caterpillar’s birth before…
Evening! Just a very quick post tonight to share some useful graphics I’ve been sent recently. Regular readers will know I am very passionate about raising awareness of Perinatal Mental Illness after suffering from Postnatal…
Before I had Caterpillar the words Perinatal Mental Illness or Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders had never entered my vocabulary. I had heard of one – Postnatal Depression – but as with most who’ve never…
Dear Caterpillar In a lot of ways the last three years have gone quickly. You grow and change so swiftly that often you get up in the morning and Daddy and I comment that you’ve…