Bits and bobs from my drafts bin that’d never see the light of day otherwise… They vary in age: some are pretty recent (the last couple of days, some a bit older).
Words and expression
The German for Anorexia is ‘Magersucht’, literally ’skinny addiction’.
I think it’s better than the English beating around the bush (anorexia), although perhaps [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mental health’
Cleaning out my closet
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anthology, chorlton water park, college, eating, emotions, friendships, men, mental health, regrets, self esteem, suicide on January 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“university is what you make of it”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beating the blues, birmingham, CBT, counselling, mental health, that place in town, university on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This phrase is appearing a lot these days: university prospectuses, videos and posters. It may inspire some, but for others (ie me), it brings a sense of doom, gloom and sadness. I say this because I’m trying to make something positive come out of this: I’ve joined societies; socialise with others and try to show [...]
Flu, fluoxetine and beating the blues
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged beating the blues, birmingham, doctors, electrical safety, fluoxetine, freshers' flu, mental health, university on October 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m currently bearing the brunt of freshers’ flu but otherwise things are looking healthy(ish). My student loan has finally hit my bank account (yay!) so I’m no longer worrying about how I’m going to pay for my accommodation.
University is going well too, I’ve fallen asleep in 2 of my 5 lectures so far but I’ll [...]
Crash Bang
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birmingham, doctors, eating, fluoxetine, mental health, PCMHT, university on October 3, 2008 | 7 Comments »
This week has been fairly productive mental health treatment wise, on tuesday I had a meeting with the nurse, who set me up with an appointment for the doctor to talk about everything.
Then on thursday, I went to see the doctor, who sent me away with a diagnostic questionnaire and tells me to come back [...]
Listlessness and Nothingness
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged blank, mental health, suicide, therapy, work on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have nothing to say, I feel nothing (emotionally… physically I ache all over; overworking for you!) My mind seems like a blank canvas but full at the same time and slightly wooly in the sense that concentration is majorly lacking! I guess that’s what I’m coming to saying: I’ve prewritten some of the odder [...]
Hello World!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged birmingham, hello, manchester, mental health, university on September 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
So, hi there whoever you are!
I’m not sure right now why I have a blog, apart from I need to write more, and blogger messed up my old blog, and I like how wordpress looks, so, well, I’m here!
Here’s a little introduction to me:
Kate, 18, Mancunican but moving to Birmingham and really rather mad! I [...]
