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Please excuse typos and spelling mistakes I have yet to proof read on my laptop! “This morning I feel… Jittery, tired, sick, I need more sleep, can’t think straight, I’m falling asleep in my chair, glad I don’t have to talk to anyone not involved in last night before I go home and sort myselfContinueContinue reading “A night out in the town”

I start this blog feeling very low, very numb and on edge of breaking down completely.  Words of explanation just don’t want to come out, I feel muted and stuck… I have pushed myself to far for too long and my head and heart have pulled the emergency stop button, leaving me feeling stuck andContinueContinue reading “A step too far – pushed too long?”

So I am sure you have noticed that I have not posted in a long time.. And for that I am sorry. It has been a case of giving my time and energy to fighting to get my family the right services to help get them better. For anyone who has tried to access mentalContinueContinue reading “Mental Health – A battle to feel okay (where are the services?)”

I wrote this blog a couple of weeks ago.. sorry for the late post!! PWow! So I have finally reached the age of a 1/4 of a century! 25 years old :)))  (Very happy btw :)))!!) So lets rewind a year! Last year, my birthday had been unregistered by my mother, which has always madeContinueContinue reading “25 and happy…”

So this time last year…. I was blogging about attending the Buttle Conference  I was starting to feel settled in my role at Sheffield Hallam University  I was staring to feel more confident about my abilities and myself  I was parenting my younger brother and he was starting his 4 school in 2 years dueContinueContinue reading “One Year”

Its happened again, I have neglected my writing, because again I am struggling to put pen to paper, and cannot decide ‘what’ to write. I suppose there is SO much going on at the moment it would be hard to pin point on just one thing? So I will pick the main thing and goContinueContinue reading “Why can I not write?”

I sit with a mask on my face,The mask plays my role,My role is played through my mask,Am I anything without it? I am more than a smile,I am more than the body in front of you. My truth gives me pain,My mask hides the pain…. My mask is pulled from my face,I am facedContinueContinue reading “Mask”

So last week I attened the TACT Charity event ‘Vision of the Future; the hopes and fears of a young person leaving care’ in Whitehall London.I was asked to speak at the event and shared briefly my experiances of education and also the role I carry out at Sheffield Hallam Univeristy and my hopes for theContinueContinue reading “The worries of leaving care and other thoughts”

So over a month ago now, I wrote another piece for the Guardian… and I still haven’t sent it off.. I don’t know why, maybe because I am holding myself back or maybe I have been swamped with life and work, and have not had time to sit and think about what I want to writeContinueContinue reading “writers block ?!”

“Well.. yesturday I turned 24 ..and as always I had a cry. Every year for a long time I have cried on my birthday, sometimes for good things sometimes for bad… but always for it not being remembered my own mother. I do not want to dwell on this fact, as it cannot be changed by anythingContinueContinue reading “Birthday Reflections….”