Hello readers! So I promised that I’d be doing an occasional series about things that affect my mental health. Now, normally when I write a blog on the subject of mental health it’s because mentally I’m in a bad space and so need to release some steam. However, today I’m ok you’ll be hopefully pleased to read! I have though been conscious of the fact that I promised you a part 2 to my previous blog about how selling on…
Hello readers! Today I’m starting a new series around how different areas of my life can affect my mental health (positively or negatively) with the first in the series being focussed on selling on eBay. Selling on eBay is a big part of my life so I’ll have to break this into two parts with part 2 being about sourcing stock to sell on eBay. So look out for that soon! I’m a believer that mental health is a very…
Hello readers! Something a bit different this week. Last year I wrote a guest blog for another mental health blogger called Charlotte Underwood (you can find her website by clicking here). Anyway, last week it was picked up and shared by mental health charity time to change. So I thought it might be worth sharing what I wrote here as well. (Warning may contain triggers). The theme is on the subject of being a man with mental illness and the initial…
New blog – It’s been a while since my last post due to coping with things like having my identity stolen which took ages! However, I’m back! Having had to cope with such a turbulent experience made me think that it may be useful to share with Money Mental readers some of my tips for coping with anxiety. This can be in any situation you find yourself in, from an upcoming driving test, to an imminent job interview to suffering…
New blog – today readers I thought I’d write about a subject that a few people have asked me about which is the subject of dating with anxiety! I mentioned in my introductory vlog for the website (which you can find here) that I’d do this so I’m now delivering on my promise! Anxiety can come in a variety of different forms whether it be health anxiety, social anxiety, PTSD, agoraphobia or another form. When you suffer from anxiety daily…
New blog – Today I thought I’d write about mental health awareness week and more specifically why I think it creates, not solves, problems for charities and mental health awareness. It’s quite topical as here in the UK we’re currently underway with mental health awareness week! As usual whenever there’s a charity awareness event taking place people in work are busy organising bake sales and various other good deeds to organise money for a mental health charity. Which is really admirable…
New blog – For today’s blog I thought I’d share a bit about my experiences as a man with mental illness. I was inspired to do this by a fellow blogger (Charlotte Underwood) who I’ve just written for who was very interested in speaking to a man who suffers with mental illness. If you’d like to look at her site (which I can highly recommend) you can find it by clicking here. Writing for Charlotte made me really think about…
New blog – Today I’m going to write about a very difficult subject, that of suicidal thoughts and the stigma around them. This blog may contain triggers so please be careful reading this. I’d also like to point out before I go any further that reading this blog will likely be distressing for friends and family members of mine reading this but I think it’s worthwhile sharing the benefit of some of my personal experiences with the world at large!…
New blog – for today’s blog I thought I’d write about exercise. For many years I’ve hard people talk about how great exercise is but I’ve never really understood this before. I’ve joined a few gyms in my time but never really seen it through. Recently though I decided to give joining the gym another go and see what all the fuss is about. And I have to say since signing up for my local branch of Pure gym I…
New blog – For today’s post I thought I’d talk about how anti-depressants can really help if, like myself, you suffer from anxiety and/or depression. If you suffer from either or both of these conditions I’m a great believer in taking anti-depressants. I take 100ml of sertraline myself every day and it’s brilliant! But for many months I resisted taking them because of the stigma around mental health and taking pills. This was a massive mistake and I will blog…
