The Rebel Poetess

As I mentioned in a previous blog post, I am a Child of the 80s.   I grew up in an era where we swam in rivers, made dams in the middle of a stream, and built sandcastles on the beach.   It was the best of times. But everyone has to grow up.   And I did.   I became -quoting Britney here-a girl, then a woman.   Now I'm -quoting Little Britain, a lady!   I'm 36 years old.   And yet sometimes I yearn for the long hot summers where I had no other responsibilities than what hat to wear, and which friend was my best friend that day.   What can I say, I had-still do- a lot of friends. We've become a culture obsessed with smartphones, with technology, and having it all.   I remember in Friends when Chandler, Joey, and Ross realise they are getting older when they go out to a club and finds the music too loud and just want a hot drink at the end of the night.   I feel like that sometimes. I went out last night, to a Metal Night at T...

Reading and following Katy’s blog recently on a regular basis has been a reminder what good can really come out of things when things really hit rock bottom. Certainly in my case reading it brought back memories of my first major dealings with mental health all the way back when I was 21. Back then in my case, I was working for a public relations department for a then well known mail order firm just outside the centre of Manchester. I had got placed there on a Youth Training Scheme when I was 18 against my best wishes (I’ve no interest in Public Relations I can clearly remember saying at the time) and had got on okay I guess with the two people I worked with when I first went there. However, that changed when I got to 20 and both of them left within two weeks of each other. After they both left I ended up working alongside a whole team of people I didn’t really know and without realising at the time because of my youth got bullied out of that role as my face didn’t fit with al...

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Oh hey there...how ae ya doing?  I know I said I'd write every week. But life kinda got in the way.  My favourite kind of happenings. Hoping for this to be a quick post, but ya know me, doesn't often happen.  I do like to waffle on a little ;-) Quick update first.  Had a few mental health wobbles the last few weeks.  Without going into more detail, there were two main causes.  One was somebody skinny shaming me online.  I have lost a lot of weight very quickly. But I have also been working with a personal trainer to get stronger again very slowly and sensibly, as well as educating myself about nutrition.  I have a habit of going from 0-60 in life and trying to be more a balanced and laid back person. All I have to say about that is people should really think about the impact their words can have. Bullying is never ok, online or face to face. The second one was when a so called friend sent me completely unsolicited messages which were ...