Category: mental health

MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS WEEK 2020 – THE IMPORTANCE OF KINDNESS

Posted on May 18, 2020 by

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Hi and welcome back to Mental Health Monday with me, The Spoonie Mummy. Today I thought it was only right to acknowledge the start of Mental Health Awareness Week which starts today in collaboration with the Mental Health Foundation. The theme of the week…

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MENTAL HEALTH INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS I RECOMMEND

Posted on May 11, 2020 by

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Good morning and welcome back to Mental Health Monday with The Spoonie Mummy. If you follow me on social media you will know that last week I managed to break my ankle in two places and am now in a cast. I am also,…

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Why Do I Feel So Much More Tired When I am Doing Less In Lockdown?

Posted on May 4, 2020 by

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Good afternoon and welcome back to this week’s Mental Health Monday post. This week I am covering something which I feel is very relevant to what many are experiencing in lockdown at the moment, but is also something people with chronic illness experience on…

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Let’s Talk About… Intrusive Thoughts

Posted on April 27, 2020 by

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Trigger warning – mental health, post-partum, anxiety, stress, intrusive thoughts, harm thoughts Welcome to the second Mental Health Monday post and thank you for all the feedback from last week! I decided to write this post a few weeks ago following a conversation with…

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Giving Ourselves Permission to Feel our Feelings

Posted on April 20, 2020 by

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Welcome to the first Mental Health Monday post. As you all know, I am currently doing my degree in psychology and aim to become a psychotherapist working in particular, with people diagnosed with chronic illnesses. I really want to start helping people with my…

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Well today has been a brighter day! I have actually got away from the sofa and my bed and say at my desk to write a blog post. I have to try and keep my foot up as much as possible, so took a couple of breaks to get it up for 10 minutes but it was great. I also had a quick 10 minutes on @thesims4 but think that will be tomorrow's plan as we are now getting ready for the family quiz night. Hope everyone has had an enjoyable (if a little windswept) Saturday x 📷 @stacieswift
Today has been a slow one... @ste_w22 isn't feeling too good and is having to look after me as well as himself bless him! The pooch snuggled up to me for ages like this on the sofa this afternoon while I did some sewing and watched the TV, it was rather lovely. The scarecrow festival starts here tomorrow and I'm gutted we cant have a wander and see how many we can spot. We went to the Draycott one last year and it was fab! Good luck to all joining in tomorrow and have fun!
Day 5367 in #lockdown and this one still won't let me cut his hair. This is how he came downstairs yesterday... all righty then!!!!
Edit: Spot the obvious mistake.... that's how tired I am - its bloody Thursday! What a day! Its MtX hangover day and I had to go get some bloods done and had my fracture clinic appointment so I'm pretty wiped out. The appointment went well, everything is healing where it should be so no surgery needed thank goodness. Although they said it would be a minimum of 4 weeks, they want me to have a minimum 6 weeks non weight bearing in the cast due to my rheumatoid arthritis. Although I'm struggling with the cast, I know this is for the best and I will be happy knowing that I have given it the best possible chance to heal properly.
Not how I wanted to spend this lovely hot, sunny day... I am definitely very fed up of the cast life now. Two weeks in and have a minimum of two weeks to go. I have to go to the hospital tomorrow for a check up on it and I'm not looking forward to it, mainly due to the anxiety surrounding leaving the house while I'm supposed to be shielding and also because just moving around the house is absolutely tiring me out and tomorrow is going to take a lot of energy and determination. As well as probably being very painful! If I could just sleep the next two weeks away that would be great thank you please! I am also pretty scared they are going to need me to wear it longer but I'm trying not to focus on it otherwise I might implode! Will be sure to update you all on how I get on tomorrow but I hope you had more fun in the sun than me today!
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