Category: Anxiety
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COVID – How does it impact your mental health?
I think what I’m finding the hardest about being home, without any plan or notion as to what the hell I’m doing is the constant mental chatter that I can’t shut up. I find myself disassociating a lot of the time, and that combined with a continuous playback of not always such nice thoughts makes…
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Time To Talk, My Story: How Speaking Openly Over A Digestive Helped Me With Depression
I’ll be taking part in Time to Talk Day on 6 February 2020 by sharing my story, to help change attitudes towards mental health. Find out how you can get involved too: https://www.time-to-change.org.uk/timetotalkday #TimeToTalk So here’s a fun fact you may or may not know. Two incredible organisations have partnered up to get the nation…
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5 THINGS TO KEEP YOUR MENTAL HEALTH SANE TRAVELLING SOLO
Sup my people! 2 important números for you to know. Número 1 – I borrowed a room mate’s mosquito spray yesterday which is apparently very good. It is certain, as of this morning, that it is apparently very bad and I am currently so mosquito bitten I look like I have measles. I’m assuming I…
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My Second Month: Travel VS Depression
Today? I haven’t felt great. I don’t mean just feeling sad, I actually don’t feel the need to cry or talk to anyone. I am numb, I feel EXHAUSTED and I can feel the need to stare down a wall. One thing that I hate about feeling this way is that yesterday? I was okay.…
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Happy World Mental Health Day
HAPPY WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY TO EVERYBODY. Who was the mastermind behind this day? Who decided we should dedicate 24 hours to our mental health? I extend my heart, my brain and a huge muchas gracias to this genius. I haven’t written for a little bit, mainly because I haven’t felt very well. Here’s the…
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The Past, The Imperfect Past and The Perfect Past
In Spanish there’s three tenses to describe the past – maybe there’s more, but to be honest I had such a terrible lesson today that I’m just going to speak about the three I kind of know – also this article poses absolutely no relevance to the title, it’s a metaphor. Keep reading. There’s the…
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In A World Of Shelleys, BE A SHEILA
What? I hear you ask. Who is Shelley? Who is Sheila? WHY ARE YOU SPEAKING IN RIDDLES?! Well, I’ll tell you. But obviously, I’ll give you a bit of a background story first. So : My latest weekend was spent in a place called Tarifa. Now, how do I describe Tarifa? It’s really pretty, for…
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Em in Sevilla: June 2018 VS September 2018
One thing I’m really enjoying and acknowledging by living here is the fact that day by day, it’s feeling like home. It’s been nearly two weeks and I feel like I’ve been here a lifetime. Why? Well. I know where the supermarkets are to buy cold coffee and I know where the really cool places…
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Weekend Vibes
This is my view where I’m currently sitting writing and listening to classical music belting out of someone’s open windows. That’s right, not Hip Hop, not Rap…CLASSICAL music…It’s sooooo relaxing 😎 Positives of yesterday: I had a great Spanish lesson. I went to the gym – which has marginally better men to stare over (instead…
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Let’s Talk About…CHOCOLATE
ME ENCANTA CHOCOLATE. I’m also a little scared of chocolate. Porque? Because, there was once a time I used to demolish chocolate like the cocoa trees (or beans or whatever it’s made of) were going out of business and chuck it up in the toilet. Remember I mentioned I had issues with control? Possibly deriving…
Emily's Backpacking & Mental Health Adventures 