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Grateful 2024 | Finding Hope
I know I usually get this post up on Christmas Eve but I just haven't been able to keep up with my old schedule this year; between the exhaustion from my erratic sleep schedule and my ADHD outdoing itself in fucking up my concentration, writing has been taking a lot of time and energy.
World Mental Health Day 2024 (Mental Health In The Workplace) | Finding Hope
Yes, my World Mental Health Day is late but - somewhat ironically perhaps - my mental health has been so bad recently that, on World Mental Health Day itself, I couldn't actually get out of bed or engage with anyone or anything. But I did want to share some thoughts about this day...
Seeking Help For Chronic Pain (Year Three) | Finding Hope
It's been more than three years since I started pursuing support for the pain experience and still I have nothing from the NHS. I go to hydrotherapy as often as I can, although I'm still waiting for the second NHS Hydrotherapy appointment to assess the exercises as I feel I need a harder routine and…
The Companion’s ‘Stargate 60 for 60 Watchalong Challenge’ for Embracing Mental Health as a Fandom | Finding Hope
Because so much has been going on in my life recently, my postings on social media and the discord have been pretty sporadic so I made sure to document my progress and my thoughts in this blog post.
Self Harm Awareness Month 2024 | Finding Hope
Yes, I know I'm late and that Self Harm Awareness Month was March but my last post (about the disastrous ending of my therapy sessions) took up so much time and energy and emotion that I just didn't have the space to write anything else and certainly not in time for the end of March.
February Album Writing Month 2024 | Finding Hope
I wrote eleven songs during the twenty-nine days of February, not quite meeting the February Album Writing Month goal of fourteen songs but I'm not worried about that. As you'll know if you read my last post, there was a lot of stuff - a lot of very emotional, upsetting stuff - going on and…
Continuing Bonds (National Grief Awareness Week 2023) | Finding Hope
This week, from 2nd to 8th December, is National Grief Awareness Week 2023, run by The Good Grief Trust. The goal of the week is to create opportunities for people to discuss the loved ones they've lost and their experiences with grief in safe spaces and with people who've gone through similar events and emotions.
Falling Down In London… | Finding Hope
An experience this week got me thinking a lot about distress and our reactions to it and I thought I'd share it here since it relates to disability and mental health and emotions and how these things are treated by society. So, here goes... Earlier this week, I was walking along the Southbank in London when…
November 2023 in Photos | Finding Hope
I really enjoyed doing the photo challenge in September so I couldn't resist doing another one. It's been a weird month though; I don't know if I would've committed to it had I known what the month would hold, how exhausted and burned out I'd feel, but once I'd decided to do it, I had…
A Week In My Life (September 2023) | Finding Hope
Somehow, getting a puppy has made my life both more and less busy. I'm constantly on the move - following her around, chasing her, playing with her - but my life is quieter - she's so young and still getting settled so I don't want to leave her - so I may have found somewhat…
Self Care Week (13th – 19th November) | Finding Hope
This week - from Monday 13th to Sunday 19th November - is Self Care Week, a UK-wide awareness week established and run by the Self Care Forum, a charity that aims to spread understanding about the positive impact of self care and helping people to implement it into their everyday lives.
Dopamine Land: A Multisensory Experience | Finding Hope
Over the summer, I was able to go a couple of times to this cool, immersive exhibition called Dopamine Land: "Dopamine Land is a multisensory experience that combines media, technology and play in one place. It's an interactive museum made up of colourful installations that channel the limitless imagination of your inner child into reality.
Preparing for London Film And Comic Con As A Disabled Person | Finding Hope
So, earlier this year, I finally felt able to go to Comic Con for the first time ever after several failed attempts (this was mostly due to my own anxiety, which was then compounded by COVID and COVID anxiety). And it was amazing!
Increasing The Phenelzine (June – July 2023) | Finding Hope
Things had improved since I'd settled on the daily 30mg of Phenelzine but it still didn't feel like enough. I wasn't crushingly depressed but there were still problems, still areas of my life that weren't back to what they used to be. So, for a while, I'd been thinking about increasing the Phenelzine, upping it…
A Week In My Life (July 2023) | Finding Hope
I really overdid things in June and pushed myself harder than I could really handle; I was just so overwhelmed and drained and exhausted so, in July, I tried to take things more gently, to varying degrees of success. Having said that, I did have some completely one-off opportunities booked that I couldn't - and…
World Suicide Prevention Day 2023 | Finding Hope
This, I think, is the first time I've writing directly about my experience with suicidal thoughts and urges. I've mentioned it in relation to the side effects of medication and written around the edges of it but I don't think I've ever talked about it in such detail.
A Fibromyalgia Diagnosis Was Not On My 2023 Bingo Card… | Finding Hope
I've been trying to write this post for a couple of weeks now but I've been finding it difficult to accurately describe my feelings about the whole experience. To cut a long story short, I have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia (on top of the Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)...
Breathing Room by Anna Berry | Finding Hope
I first discovered Breathing Room by Anna Berry in early 2021 when I was researching autistic artists for the final project of my MA. I was writing an album on my experience of being an autistic woman and the assessment criteria specified that I needed to research other songwriters in the field but, unsurprisingly, there…
Rare Birds, The New Neurodivergent Clothing Line – Review | Finding Hope
Several months ago, I got an email with a survey for a new clothing line that prioritises neurodivergent people, known as Rare Birds. They already had plans to make the clothes soft, seamless, without labels, and so on, all things that neurodivergent individuals often struggle with; problems like these can trigger anything from difficulty concentration…
World Cat Day 2023 – The Benefits of Cats | Finding Hope
Happy World Cat Day! I am both deeply a cat person and a dog person, even though I don't have a dog right now, and my cats are one of the great loves of my life so, for World Cat Day, I thought I'd research and share why cats are so incredibly good for us.