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My thoughts

Mar 7
4 min

Going back to normal - WTF?

This is a follow up post to one I wrote around this time last year - ‘Corona – WTF.’ I think it adequately summed up mine and a lot of...

Lauren

Jan 20
3 min

When your heart is broken

I will never understand how you can love someone and hate them at the same time. How the person who swore they would never hurt you,...

Lauren

Nov 30, 2020
3 min

Oh 2020, what have you done?

I saw something I liked the other day. Someone had written on the pavement with chalk. They wrote “I thought 2020 would be the year I got...

Lauren

Oct 20, 2020
4 min

Give yourself a break

We work long, hard hours. We provide for our families. We help others when they need it. We care, we share, we give whatever we can to...

Lauren

Apr 12, 2020
3 min

Corona - WTF?

I’m writing this on Easter Sunday. It is amazing, sunny Bank Holiday weather. I can hear music playing (yeah thanks neighbour, I needed 5...

Lauren

Jan 25, 2020
3 min

Let your guard down

Have you ever been hurt? Have you ever experienced the kind of emotional loss or pain that made your heart fold in on itself? Have you...

Why I'm not thinking positively about "positive thinking."

Lauren

Oct 16, 2019
4 min

Why I'm not thinking positively about "positive thinking."

There seems to be a trend at the moment where mental health difficulties are almost thought to be a choice. That it’s your fault for...

Lauren

Aug 30, 2019
3 min

So you've made a mistake...

I’ve made a mistake. In fact, I’ve made hundreds. Small ones, big ones, easy to fix ones, difficult to fix ones, somewhat funny ones and...

NHS mental health services - what the hell is going on??

Lauren

Aug 23, 2019
4 min

NHS mental health services - what the hell is going on??

Okay, so I cant be alone in thinking something is seriously up with NHS mental health services at the moment. In fact I know I’m not, as...

Lauren

Jul 21, 2019
3 min

Staring death in the face

There is no subject that people want to avoid talking about more than death. But death, unlike some problems, isn’t going anywhere. So...

Lauren

Jul 7, 2019
3 min

Stop lying to yourself

You are a liar. Don’t agree with me? Well sorry, but you are. And you’re lying about that too. Every single human on this planet is a...

Relationships. Why are you doing this to yourself?

Lauren

Jun 9, 2019
3 min

Relationships. Why are you doing this to yourself?

We all have times when people let us down. When they say they will be there for us but they aren’t. When they cancel plans, say something...

Lauren

May 24, 2019
3 min

Let's talk about sex

Sex Are you having it? Are you not? Do you want it? Do you not? Do you talk about it openly? Do you 100% definitely absolutely not? There...

Lauren

Apr 28, 2019
2 min

When will I get better?

When you are feeling like the world is ending, that you are in the blackest and deepest of holes, that you are so uncomfortable in your...

Lauren

Apr 10, 2019
3 min

Why is change so hard?

Last week, I made a big change. I took a risk that had been hovering in the wings for a long time now, waiting for its turn but being...

Lauren

Mar 27, 2019
4 min

Ghosting

Every day, relationships begin and end. Friendships are built, friends drift apart, people fall in and out of love. It is rare for...

Lauren

Mar 15, 2019
2 min

Today, it is too much

On Monday you give out smiles. You work, you cook, you run. On Tuesday you give out kindness. You work, you read, you learn. On Wednesday...

Lauren

Mar 9, 2019
3 min

The scary truth about male suicides

In my life, I am fortunate enough to be surrounded by some pretty astounding men. Men who are brave, funny, resilient, forward thinking,...

Lauren

Mar 2, 2019
2 min

Is it enough?

Life is one big, complicated jigsaw puzzle. There is no picture to guide you and help you see what you are working towards. Some bits are...

Lauren

Feb 22, 2019
2 min

Be angry

So, someone has hurt you. Someone has taken your trust and torn it apart while you watched, helpless. Someone has told you exactly what...

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