Since getting my scooter I have been subscribing to several YouTube videos. One subscription an interesting topic came up with this guy Dan discussing mental health issues whilst on his motorbike. I sometimes use getting out on my scooter as a release from the pressures of daily life. Watch this and enjoy the rideout 🙂…
Category: Mental Health
Depression – hits you like a brick
Imagine an illness where one minute you are riding high, enjoying life, busy and feeling great and then the next… You are totally drained of energy, don’t want to see anyone, can’t face work and your mind is empty. WHAM – you’ve ben hit by the mental health brick. Yep, thats how I feel right…
Same S**t Another Day Whats The Point
For the past few days now I have been hiding inside that prison called my head. I spend my days pleasing and helping others without a care for myself and without noticing I am crumbling. I came back after an evening out with someone, who like me suffers from mental health issues to a town…
Spring Is Natures Way Of Saying Lets Party
What Robin Williams once quoted, it is true, the weather does affect your mood. Today I woke up with a bit of a shaky start and due to a late delivery I thought my day would go downhill. Not so, I met up with some friends in the town centre for coffee and meeting and…
Social media..not so social after all
I chose to write this after a close friend was going through a bad patch, alone, despite loads of so-called “social media friends”. Did anyone even phone or ask how they were or offer a friendly ear….NOT ONE! One day a college student came up with a brilliant idea… social media. Now years later people’s…
The Last 12 Months.. Is It Progress Or What?
Today, following a group meeting, it made me reflect on what has actually changed and what progress I have made over the past 12 months. It’s my birthday next week so now is a good time to look back. This is a very personal account, but feel my story will help others in a similar…
Back on form and fixing things
After a few days of depressive illness where I couldn’t see anyone or go out of the house, I woke up this morning with a positive attitude that Today’s The Day I shake myself off and at least get up and get one constructive thing done. To people without anxiety and depression, then that may…
Worktime Frustration and Mental Health
I suffer from repeated anxiety and depression, so when I am having a good day I capitalise on it and try to get as much done as possible until I hit “burnout”. I finish my morning work, still feeling up beat and decide to spend the afternoon in the office working on overdue tasks when…
Work satisfaction – all in a days delivery
How many people do a job that can bring a smile to your face and you get to meet so many grateful people? Probably not many. Amongst my various job roles, I am a part time delivery driver (courier) for a major well known parcel firm. The work can be hard – sorting and carrying,…
Living with anxiety..the party pooper
Most people enjoy a night out, with friends, have fun, few drinks and think nothing of it. To a person that suffers from anxiety a night out causes so much stress and worry that you’d rather stay inside for risk of something happening, or upsetting someone, not fitting in. I don’t feel well, my stomach aches…