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June 13, 2019 Eating Disorders

A Confession From Me

Over the last few years that I’ve ‘gone public’ with my mental health as it were, and especially since I

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April 14, 2019 Bipolar Disorder

Finishing Therapy

So, I have finished therapy. Some of you may remember the post I wrote when I started. Overall, I think

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March 10, 2019 Mental Health and Wellbeing

Body Positivity vs Body Neutrality

I see so many social media posts about stretch marks and rolls and body hair etc being beautiful. I do

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February 24, 2019 Eating Disorders

Myths vs Facts: Eating Disorders

This post is part of the mini series ‘Myths vs Realities’, in which I hope to explore some of the

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February 21, 2019 Mental Health and Wellbeing

Why I Became a Mental Health Nurse

As many of you know, my day job is a mental health nurse working in CAMHS. Clearly I am very

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February 3, 2019 Bipolar Disorder

Starting Therapy (Again)

I am no stranger to therapy. Some of it has been better than others; I dropped out of CBT for

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January 16, 2019 Mental Health and Wellbeing

50 Little Things That Make Me Happy

Taking stock of what makes you happy is important. Here are some little things that make me smile to mark

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December 27, 2018 Eating Disorders

Post Christmas Diet Culture

It’s the 27th December. Christmas is barely over. Yet today I have already had a Slimming World leaflet through my

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December 7, 2018 Eating Disorders

Supporting Someone with an Eating Disorder at Christmas

Christmas is generally a very exciting time. I love Christmas so much! This wasn’t always the case though, and it’s

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October 25, 2018 Mental Health and Wellbeing

Identity After Diagnosis

Getting any sort of diagnosis comes with it’s challenges. But the thing that makes any sort of mental health diagnosis

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October 15, 2018 Mental Health and Wellbeing

Medication: Symptoms or Side Effects?

I’ve written about medication before, and touched on the ‘to medicate or not to medicate‘ discussion. I’ve actually kind of

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September 29, 2018 Bipolar Disorder

The Price of Mania

Parts of mania are fun. There’s no point lying about that. The early days of being happy and excitable and

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September 19, 2018 Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder: Coping with Relapse

This has been a hard couple of weeks. I don’t like to not be good at things. I am naturally

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September 16, 2018 Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar Disorder: Recognising Relapse

The thing about mental illness is that it can take you at any time. The last couple of years, I

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September 9, 2018 Mental Health and Wellbeing

Life After Suicide

In 2006, I met a beautiful girl. We were patients on a psychiatric ward together. She was two years older

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September 5, 2018 Eating Disorders / Mental Health and Wellbeing

The Problem with Unsolicited Body Comments

I’m sure you’ve all seen this happen; some of you may even have experienced it first hand. You could have

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July 26, 2018 Bipolar Disorder

A Day in the Life: Mania

I’ve started another mini series about what it’s like to spend a day living with different mental health problems. I

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July 18, 2018 Eating Disorders

Gaining in Eating Disorder Recovery

Eating disorder recovery can overwhelmingly be focussed on weight restoration or stabilisation, which is often the most terrifying part. The

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July 15, 2018 Blogging / Mental Health and Wellbeing

Why I Don’t Share Everything on Social Media

Those of you who have been following me for a while will know quite a lot about me by now. 

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July 9, 2018 Eating Disorders

A Day in the Life: Anorexia

I’ve started another mini series about what it’s like to spend a day living with different mental health problems. I

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July 3, 2018 Mental Health and Wellbeing

Four Ways My Mental Illness Changed Me

It’s inevitable that having a mental illness changes you. Although it’s difficult, some of these changes can be good; whilst

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June 18, 2018 Mental Health and Wellbeing

How To Look After Your Mental Health Whilst Travelling

Having mental health problems can make life difficult, but I am a firm believer that it shouldn’t stop you from

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June 11, 2018 Mental Health and Wellbeing

My Reasons to Stay Alive

It’s my 50th post today! Although I occasionally talk about other things, the main focus of this blog will always

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June 8, 2018 Mental Health and Wellbeing

Stigma and Celebrity Suicides

We’ve lost some notable names to suicide over the last few years. Robin Williams, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, Dolores O’Riordan,

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April 25, 2018 Mental Health and Wellbeing

How to Achieve the Perfect Bikini Body

If you’ve come here looking for diet tips or how to get rock hard abs in a week, you’re in

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April 16, 2018 Eating Disorders

How Does OSFED Feel?

I wanted to talk about how it feels to experience different mental health problems, so I decided to do a

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April 9, 2018 Eating Disorders

How Does Anorexia Feel?

I wanted to talk about how it feels to experience different mental health problems, so I decided to do a

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March 28, 2018 Bipolar Disorder

How Does Mania Feel?

I wanted to talk about how it feels to experience different mental health problems, so I decided to do a

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March 19, 2018 Bipolar Disorder

How Does Depression Feel?

I wanted to talk about how it feels to experience different mental health problems, so I decided to do a

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January 20, 2018 Mental Health and Wellbeing

The Impact of Stigma

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by a journalist from The Guardian. She was writing an article about

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January 8, 2018 Mental Health and Wellbeing

My Favourite Recovery Quotes

There are a lot of motivational quotes out there about mental health recovery. I definitely find it helpful to remind

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November 6, 2017 Eating Disorders

Talking To Anorexia – A Review

So I watched Louis Theroux’s ‘Talking to Anorexia’ the other day and have been gathering my thoughts about it since

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September 4, 2017 Mental Health and Wellbeing

To Medicate or Not to Medicate?

Medication is a controversial topic in the mental health world. Some people think it’s essential, and others hate the idea

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September 1, 2017 Blogging / Mental Health and Wellbeing

Welcome to Cara’s Corner

So here I am, finally signing myself onto the nursing register. It’s been an eventful three years since I began

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Challenge of the week down 💪🏼
I had some free time this afternoon so I spent it decorating some crockery with motivational quotes. I’ll be putting them up on my Etsy store I think! Getting my creativity back has to be one of my favourite things about recovery.
My recovery motivation is wavering a little the last week or so since I reached my usual ‘relapse weight’.
There are lots of things who define who we are as a person, but our weight isn’t one of them.
Been reading a bit more of this which is apt because I don’t feel like I’m coping well at all at the moment.
Recovery for me means allowing myself things unconditionally.
A couple of people have asked me to write something about overcoming exercise addiction.
Another challenge down! 🍩
It’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week this week.

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