Image Credit Ever since the news broke of Caroline Flack’s suicide yesterday, I’ve been feeling sombre, and more emotional than I have been the last few days.Only more than the last few days because – I started the week off emotionally exhausted after feeling really low and persistently crying. And then it was like a switch flipped and I was feeling marginally better again. That’s the thing with mental health issues – sometimes you can’t see when that switch will go, other times it’s a slow burn.
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Our autism journey – from first signs to first support…
Source Whilst I’ve shared many snippets of our life on the blog – especially one of the more personal taboo, unspoken subjects of my mental health struggles – there’s one major part of our life I haven’t really spoken about. And that is, autism. A while ago I wrote a letter of sorts to my fellow special needs parents and that was really the first indicator on here, that we were dealing with this.
I see you, the parent of a child with special needs
To the parent of a child with special needs The parent who wishes they could change the world’s view of their child’s normal, which is not like every other child’s normal. The parent who dreads every single school run. The school run that ends in the walk of shame. Because your special child, is just being normal. I see you. The parent who lives in a shell with their special child because you dread every single outing. The parent trying to hold it together whilst your special child is having a meltdown; because that’s their normal. I see you. The parent who is begging for help. …
How am I, really? | Mental health awareness
I recently read a post over on my good friend Lou’s blog about mental health and it got me thinking; how am I, really? I don’t really see many people “in real life” day-to-day, so it’s not often that I ask out loud. I do try to ask this online though; some days I’ll greet a group chat with the question, “How is everyone today?”. Some days they will share, some they won’t. But it makes me feel better to know that I’ve taken the time to ask, and given that prompt to share the load if needed.
The highs and lows of 2018
Over half way through January and I’ve been a bit slack quiet on the blog front already – sorry about that! My years always seem to start off a bit rubbish and I find it hard to get back into the swing of things after Christmas. (Hope you had a good one!) So I thought I’d start off with an easy post – one of those “find out a bit more about me” types. I guess as a blogger we like to keep a diary of our lives, and this post is a look back on the previous year. The …