Category: Anxiety/Depression

Anxiety/Depression

2 weeks in counting…

Approximate reading time: 3min I don’t really know how to process what I am feeling right now.I’m feeling angry, I’m feeling heartbroken, I’m feeling like an anxious fucking wreck.After 5 weeks of looking for a 3-bed house with a HMO license for three people….my flatmates and I eventually decided that we needed to start looking …

Anxiety/Depression, Internal Family Systems (Parts work), Poetry

My family of Parts

Approximate reading time: 10min 31st October 2021 I awoke this morning With that familiar dread A headache A stuffy nose Anxious thoughts in my head I notice a voice Bitterly say “So much for the calmness You preached yesterday!” I peer outside The rain is pouring down No garden this morning “Fuck it!” I frown …

Anxiety/Depression, Hiking, Just a random day

Kilometers vs Miles

Approximate reading time: 10 min It’s been a good week:-) I am currently 2 weeks DATING FREE… and I am starting to feel human again. I am happy to report that my parent interviews for my assignment are finally getting coded. The melancholy has subsided….. and the zoning out on Netflix crap has been minimal. …

Anxiety/Depression, Assertiveness, Just a random day

A Day in the Life of a Supply Teacher

Approximate reading time: 12 minutes Well, I wish I could say that the possession was over and that I had annexed all my sad, lonely perplexed parts to the back of the cupboard (Where frankly sometimes I think they should stay!) But that would be a lie. And for the sake of authenticity, I’m trying …

Anger, Anxiety/Depression, Gratitude, Internal Family Systems (Parts work)

The Possession

Approximate reading time: 12 min It feels like my inner children Lila, Lola and Mara-Keres are currently fighting to the death for the possession of my body. Frankly, I would rather not be writing anything in this state. How I have handled them in the past is to simply fall off the radar until I …