A Coffee Break at London St. Pancras

This is going in the Starbucks Break category even though it isn't Starbucks because it's still a break with coffee. Wish it was a white chocolate mocha though. So after a lovely Easter break, I'm on my way back to Leicester for the last time this academic year. As soon as my last exam is …

I Can’t

I can't keep continuing this never ending cycle of thinking I'm okay to find out a month or so later that I'm not okay. I can't keep breaking down at the slightest inconvenience and causing more stress than there needs to be for the people around me. I can't keep hiding away in my room …

My Own Personal Definitive Guide to Grounding and Coping Mechanisms for Anxiety.

I talk about my anxiety a lot on this blog, but only because it's important to me to share what I am going through to help others relate to it. It's a good to know that you're not alone in what you're suffering through, it can help you connect and find ways of coping. After …

Thoughts

I get these thoughts in my head. Not voices but thoughts. Thoughts that shouldn't be there, that intrude my mind over everything i care about and turning them black. They're all completely irrational, each and every one of them, I know they are. But they're so convincing at the same time. They know where to …

Reassurance

I don't know if this the same for everyone with anxiety or depression or both or something similar. But when I feel something I feel it hard, this is works with both positive and negative emotions. So when I'm feeling a mixture it clouds my head too much, and the negatives start out weighing the …

Another Starbucks Break.

This may become the standard for my blog posts I won't lie. Like I may have to make a whole category just for my Starbucks break. But i promise these won't be the only posts from now on. Hopefully, because these are trash. I forgot my keys today? What an interesting start Amy, do tell me …

A Two Hour Break for Coffee and People Watching.

So I'm sitting in Starbucks in the shopping centre right now. I forgot my go to book for breaks like these (Assassins Creed: The Secret Crusader by Oliver Bowden). Therefore I thought I might as well do a post. Just as a warning, I do not have any clear direction for this. I started off today thinking …

Loneliness and University

When you first head off to uni you're ready for a fresh start and to make new friends like everyone else, but what doesn't seem to cross your mind is what if you don't have that new friendship group that makes you look forward to returning after every break. When I first arrived I thought …

Assertiveness vs. Aggression

So I've been talking to a counsellor about finding the balance between assertiveness, aggression and passiveness. My anxiety makes me very very unbalanced in this, to the point where I'm either too passive and just stay quiet in situations that make me feel uncomfortable and upset and so on, or I'm get so panicky and …

First Year

As of yesterday morning, when I walked out of my last exam, my first year at university was over. These past 9 months have literally flown by, it's insane how quickly it's gone. I just can't wait to get back home now though, because even though i has gone quick, it's still easy to feel …