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ADHD Awareness I am actually quite surprised I haven’t already expressed this topic since I am surrounded by it in many ways. So, here is what I have learnt and experienced so far with ADHD; October is ADHD awareness month, which means that throughout the country many individuals and / or organisation will be highlighting … Read moreADHD Awareness

Different feelings of suicide and their meanings Danielle Shaw – Suicidologist / Lived experience Please note if you are struggling, please reach out. SAP;UK have an everyday support line, alternatively reach out via The Hub of Hope where there are many different avenues of support for you to find. In suicidology there are many terms … Read moreSuicidology glossary of terms

New vs You It can be hard to accept new versions of yourself, but new versions of you happen all the time. As life un-periodically unfolds you have a choice to make, accept you as you are today, or don’t accept it, it is new vs you. Psychologically it is said that we change our … Read moreNew vs You

It is okay if you are not where you want to be yet It takes a lot of troubles, understanding and persistence to be a moderate social servant. By this I mean someone who sits in with the ‘norm’. Comparisons are always not too far away either, as you subconsciously compare yourself under various self-taught … Read moreIt is okay if you are not where you want to be yet

The word itself sounds out of this world, but it is actually more inward and vibing more towards – into this world. That is of course, if we are referencing you as the world… When beginning my psychology journey this was one of the first topics that came forward as well as individuality (individual differences … Read moreIntrospection

I love writing, blogging, creating, Art in any form and I like sharing my learnt thoughts and regulated past feelings with others in many different expressive ways, I have done this for as long as I can remember, this is a huge part of my personality, as is lower self-esteem, depressive traits and neuro-divergencies. The … Read moreIndividuality

Have you ever experienced PTSD? With PTSD comes stages of processing, these include, shock, anger, sadness, acceptance, bargaining, and these can be processed in any given order, depending on the person and their capacity of processing 🫶🏽 When i experienced PTSD I later saw it as a foreign body that entered into mine, I did … Read morePTSD Shock

@Danisace A step-by-step guide utilising healthy grounding techniques and information assisting emotional regulation during a suicidal crisis. When an individual is within a crisis it may be harder to process information or act within healthy behaviours. Please be patient whilst these thoughts are released. Please also be mindful suicidal thoughts can be repetitive. For more … Read moreHow to get through a suicidal crisis

Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance Understanding the five processes through grief and trauma This understanding is from personal experience and research. Trauma can appear in any capacity, it can look like a loss or a physical trauma, if it affects you negatively in a large capacity for an extensive amount of time, this is trauma. … Read more5 stages of grief