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A what? To be honest I knew very little about the role of a Mental Health First Aider. When the role first started to appear I assumed...

Maureen is an older lady who has her own opinions on just about everything. She posts videos on my Tiktok account '@claires_chair' trying...

MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all. I am well aware that for many people Christmas is not a happy time. For those of you who are sad or...

As the afternoon turned into evening my commentary began.... That's the doctors closing. That's the pharmacy shut.

It was as if time stopped and I was stuck in this one moment.

Headaches, chronic fatigue, nausea and feeling overly emotional

What do you see here? A basic drawing of a person? A cookie cutter? The outline of a body in a murder mystery?lol For this blog, this...

Deep down, where I rarely go, it's there, the sense that something is missing and it makes me sad.

Why are we so afraid of this word? If we hear someone say it, it makes our skin crawl as if saying it will make it happen. Even I have...

I was standing in my kitchen realising that every part of me ached. My arms and legs felt like lead weights.