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How am I, really? | Mental health awareness

by StaceyUpdated on February 27, 2024April 3, 2019

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.

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Yes – I’ve found the summer holidays hard

by Stacey August 28, 2018August 28, 2018

Most parents I know seem to look forward to the summer holidays; weeks of fun, plans, and days out with their little ones. Spending quality time, making precious memories. But, I’m not most parents. I’m one of those that dreads the summer holidays. After working hard on my mental health over the last few months and writing our summer bucket list, I have to admit that for the first time in as long as I can remember, I was actually looking forward to the holidays. Spending quality time with the boys, and making and documenting some new memories.

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Battling anxiety in baby steps

by StaceyUpdated on May 30, 2025June 22, 2018

If you’ve been reading the blog recently you may have seen me talking about how anxiety has been kicking my arse a lot. I’ve been managing my mental health with antidepressants for quite a few years now, and I’ve always managed to get back into the swing of things quite quickly; not so much with this latest flare-up, though. It’s not the worst I’ve ever had, but it certainly does feel like the longest.

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The face of anxiety

by StaceyUpdated on May 29, 2018May 30, 2018

It’s been a while. A while since I’ve discussed mental health over here. Anything over here, in fact. Because just recently, I haven’t been great. I’ve been in a rough place, and barely opened my laptop. It’s really important to talk about this stuff though and not suffer in silence. If I can encourage even one person reading this to talk; to talk to anyone, then my purpose has been served. Here’s me, serving up a plate of anxiety with a side order of depression.

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The emotions of starting school | School anxiety

by StaceyUpdated on March 20, 2024September 16, 2016

Today is the last day of Jacob’s first full week since starting school. On his first week he started later and finished early so he only did a few hours a day. He was tired then so I knew this week was really going to affect him with regards to mood and tiredness. Needless to say, he has been sleeping for almost 12 hours a night. Previously he was lucky to get nine! He was excited yet a little bit dubious going into his class on his first day; since then he has been absolutely fine and ran in every …