Spoiler! Surviving past 18. CW: discussion of suicide and suicidal ideation throughout and severe mental illness In a few days time it will become the year 2025. And in this year I will turn 35. I honestly never thought I wou…

Still muddling through having survived past 18.

See what I talk about living past 18 when I never thought I would.

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The importance of language “Stop sniffing” “I mean it stop sniffing” “It’s so annoying. Stop it”  “Blow your nose”  It is impossibly difficult to explain that you can’t control the fact that you keep sniffing. Espe…

Language is important and being able to have that language to understand myself, explain and express myself.

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Manchester September 2008 I was in a car with my parents and sister as we drove from Berkshire up to Manchester. I was moving to Manchester to start studying the French horn at the Royal Northern College of M…

Manchester has been my home for around 16 years.

It’s seen me through some really difficult and tough times. But also some amazing times and people.

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Seymour and Aragon Content note: brief mention of suicide In 1509 when Katherine of Aragon married Henry VIII and in 1536 when Jane Seymour married Henry VIII , I hardly think tlhey would ever guess that their s…

My cats Seymour and Aragon

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Why am I so open about my disabilities, gender and sexuality? CN brief mention of suicide and self harm People ask me this directly to me and I also see this question asked a lot to other disabled and/or LGBTQIA + people.  And I’d like to write about it.…

New post about why I’m so open about being disabled, trans and queer.

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My new AAC set up So I’ve had a new AAC device and app set up for 8 weeks now via The Ace Centre I wanted to write a bit about my new setup and the things I love about the new setup. And maybe the odd thing I wish i…

A new post about my new AAC setup.

Have a read for my excitement over some fab aspects of my new set up.

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Let’s talk psychiatric medication When I was first put on psychiatric medication it was back in May 2019. I was 19, in fact it was my 19th birthday! I was diagnosed with severe depression, severe anxiety and panic disorder. The GP …

I went from being deeply ashamed to be on an anti depressant to openly writing a blog about being on six psychiatric medications. It has been a journey.

Read about it here.

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William CN: suicide, self harm, bullying, psych wards and restraint This is William and I’d like to tell you about him. William, a small light brown teddy bear I was given William at just a few months old …

Learn what my teddy bear William means to me.

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