Conflict

Conflict has always been a constant in my life. Since I was little the people close to me have fought, yelled, screamed and thrown things. It all comes from something simple, miscommunication and feelings getting out of hand. It’s contagious and it trickles into me. I don’t even realise I’m yelling until the damage isContinue reading “Conflict”

Connection

We have grown up in a society that harrows the idea of experiencing feelings and talking about the emotional experience. Because of this we developed negative or harmful mechanisms to deal with difficult shit on our own. Biologically, emotional connection drastically effects our brain chemistry and our outlook, feeling safe with someone where being vulnerableContinue reading “Connection”

Heal

There’s so much not taught to us growing up, only recently has the societal narrative pivoted to appreciate mental health and well being. Before it was all “suck it up” “get over it” “others are worse off” “stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about”. There’s nothing wrong with hurting, let’s stop damagingContinue reading “Heal”

Expectations

Ive almost been afraid of writing lately. Feeling myself and my good habits crumble I’m slipping out of being the person I was happy to be and with that I didn’t feel worthy of writing. Forgetting that’s the exact reason I started this blog in the first place, to work through my own shit inContinue reading “Expectations”

ADHD Awareness month

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 24 and I wanted to talk about that a little bit. As I sit here, fighting with distraction to write this, it almost seems impossible to me that no one noticed the symptoms throughout my life. For a lot of women though, late diagnosis isContinue reading “ADHD Awareness month”