Tag: Anxiety

SHIELDING EASING, ANXIETY RISING

Good morning and welcome back to Mental Health Monday on The Spoonie Mummy. Today in England, the restrictions begin to ease for the people who have been shielding since March. While exciting, these changes are also happening very quickly and have caused feelings of… Continue Reading “SHIELDING EASING, ANXIETY RISING”

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

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… Continue Reading “Why Do I Feel So Much More Tired When I am Doing Less In Lockdown?”

Let’s Talk About… Intrusive Thoughts

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… Continue Reading “Let’s Talk About… Intrusive Thoughts”

12 Ways To Cope With Anxiety During Lockdown

As someone who suffers from anxiety, I can understand what others go through with this and if you are anything like me, the Covid-19 lockdown has had me on a bit of an emotional roller-coaster of late! I thought I would share some of… Continue Reading “12 Ways To Cope With Anxiety During Lockdown”

Grieving The ‘Old You’ – Dealing With A Chronic Illness Diagnosis

Good morning everybody. Today I wanted to share a post about how a chronic illness diagnosis can affect you. I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis aged 15 months, so have never known any different but my diagnosis with Crohn’s Disease came when I was… Continue Reading “Grieving The ‘Old You’ – Dealing With A Chronic Illness Diagnosis”