Tag: PND
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52and40/36 ‘Tis The Season
My mental health’s gone off kilter recently. As a health-conscious veteran of PMDD, postnatal and antenatal depressions, I know when my neurochemistry’s recalibrated in an unhelpful direction. I’m lucky SSRIs work well for me and I feel positive, mainly, about medical interventions. I like my life in full, balanced colour. So, while the palette reloads, I’m taking…
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Privilege as a Parrot
Are you sitting uncomfortably? Good. Then I’ll begin. It’s like that at the moment, isn’t it? That is if you haven’t absented yourself completely from the news and are staying engaged by degrees, trying to figure out what to do to help the world. Sometimes, things feel hopeless. Sometimes again, you realise rock bottom’s a great…
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Guest What?
Just a quick heads up to let you know I guest posted at the fabulous Zeit My Geist blog last week. My post is about surviving Post Natal Depression and acknowledging some of the strain it puts on relationships. More than anything though it’s about love, health and good and bad luck because, at the end…