July 2017

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  July 2017 31.07.17

  Family Bereavements – My grief over losing my father

  Looking back, I have always been empathic, I just didn’t realise it. I thought it was some kind of superpower that I had; the ability to take people’s pain away by listening. As I matured, I realised that I wasn’t […]

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  July 2017 28.07.17

  Gaslighting – a form of emotional abuse

  Gaslighting is a term that has recently come into our awareness; the term is taken from a 1944 movie Gaslight where a husband manipulates his wife to the point where she questions her sanity and her reality – she is […]

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  July 2017 27.07.17

  How my anxiety disorder caused a lifetime of depression

  I just wanted to share an experience I had with how someone reacted to my mental health and the impact that reaction had on me. Looking back it’s easier to see that I displayed symptoms of an anxiety disorder from […]

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  July 2017 26.07.17

  Anorexia Nervosa – A Fatal Eating Disorder

  Anorexia (or anorexia nervosa) is a serious mental health condition; it’s an eating disorder where people keep their body weight low by dieting, vomiting, using laxatives or excessively exercising. People with anorexia have a distorted image of themselves; they think […]

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  July 2017 25.07.17

  Neglect – The most common form of child abuse

  According to the NSPCC neglect is the ‘most common’ form of child abuse. Neglect is the ongoing failure to meet a child’s basic needs. A child may be left hungry or dirty. They may not receive adequate clothing, shelter or […]

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  July 2017 24.07.17

  How stress at work affected my anxiety levels and my life

  First of all I want to tell you that I loved my job, I always did; well the job that I got paid to do anyway. However that is not the only job I did. Over the past five years […]

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  July 2017 21.07.17

  Narcissistic Personality Disorder in Domestic Violence Perpetrators

  We know the domestic abuse perpetrators objectify their partners, children and family members; this makes it easier for the perpetrators to abuse the people closest to them. If you see your partner as an object that belongs to you, then […]

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  July 2017 20.07.17

  Understanding Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – How it can affect your mental health

  It’s normal to check and even double check if the doors and windows have not been left open when we’re leaving, or if we’ve definitely turned the gas hobs off, or if we’ve locked the car. Although we might think […]

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  July 2017 18.07.17

  5 Common Myths about Depression

  According to the Mental Health Foundation depression is the most predominant mental health condition worldwide. A report published by the Mental Health Foundation last year stated that: One is six adults have experienced a ‘common mental health problem, such as […]

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