mental health blog

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My Recent Depressive Episode - A Deep Dive, part two

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My Recent Depressive Episode - A Deep Dive, part two

If you’ve been following my antidepressant journey over the course of 2019, you’ll know I began gradually lowering my daily dose of 150mg of Venlafaxine in February, the idea being to eventually come off it entirely. Due to my own past experience, friends’ recollections and the vast number of horror stories out there regarding coming off antidepressants too quickly, I decided to take a whole year coming off of mine.

Five Tips to Ease your Festive Anxiety

Five Tips to Ease your Festive Anxiety

No one likes a scrooge but to that I say - bah humbug! You're not a scrooge for checking in with your wellbeing so don't let anyone tell you otherwise. The festive season definitely brings with it feelings of heightened anxiety and there's nothing wrong with admitting that.

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Mission Statement - Nov 2017

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Mission Statement - Nov 2017

Navigating the mental health wave via a severe and unpredictable bout of depression and anxiety earlier this year is what made me finally take the (in my mind) humungous step of opening an Etsy shop. Contradictory, you might say, but it is realising the therapeutic qualities of embroidery and a need to at least attempt a different career path that continues to keep the debilitating thoughts at bay.