So, the cat’s out the bag. Everyone now knows that Mandy has depression. My mask is off, and “it be rate” ugly as my former colleagues from Sheffield might say (hi Oxley).

Since “coming out” via this blog I’ve been overwhelmed by the amount of people from all aspects of...

I was asked the following question by someone (not a colleague) after I told them I blog about mental health and my experience of living with depression, and how I have started to promote my blog on social media:

Q: “Oh my god, aren’t you worried about what people at wo...

Have you ever felt completely alone in a room filled with all your family and friends? I have.

Do you ever feel like you’ve nothing useful to add in a conversation, so make excuses to head to the bathroom or stand somewhere that won’t attract attention, perhaps busy you...

“You don’t know what you have until it’s gone” – Whether it be friends, relationships, family, a car, a colleague, a hobby or even your job.

This phrase has been thrown around a lot recently in certain areas of my life. I’m sure you’ve gone through something that means...

For Aimee

“To wing: it is an idiom that means to improvise, to do something without proper preparation or time to rehearse. People often talk about winging it when they have to do something difficult that they didn't have time to prepare — like a make speech or give a p...

I started reading a brilliant self-help book recently which mentioned that it [self-help] was first documented back when Socrates was alive in 400 BC! I couldn’t believe that self-help is something that has been accepted/expected for such a long time, yet I seem to hav...

I've tried Pilates, massages, putting my phone in a different room, not eating before bed, going for walks on my own, reading but I still can't quite switch off.

Whilst watching TV, looking at my phone I'll still be thinking to myself: How do I win the lottery or find a...

Am I normal?

I know damn well that there's no such thing as "normal". That doesn't stop me asking if I am normal though. I guess that's probably normal...

I understand that everyone is different but at the end of the day I can't help but compare myself in a million ways...

Do you ever wish you'd just kept your mouth shut? Me too. 

I'm not even talking about telling a juicy secret to someone you shouldn't have. I'm meaning just getting something off your chest or saying something out loud for the first time but it ends up turning into an e...

Yesterday I came across a blog written by an English, openly Christian chap in his mid-forties. He writes about how he's coping in his new journey through life as a single grieving parent since his wife of thirteen years' passed away suddenly from blood cancer in 2017....