May The Force Be With You, Live Long & Prosper…..Always!
If you haven't yet seen WandaVision then be warned that there may be spoilers below. Beware, long post! I'd like to tell you how WandaVision and specifically Wanda Maximoff herself helped me to be able to deal with something I have struggled with for many years. None of us, no matter who we are, from... Continue Reading →
You've probably realised that I've been battling with Mental Health issues for a while now. Like many people who suffer, I suffered in silence for a long term. Back in the 70s and 80s it wasn't something that was spoken about, especially by males, so I learned to mask it. That mask occasionally slips but... Continue Reading →
Warning: This could be a fairly long piece but its important to me and many others. All thoughts and mistakes are my own. I have always been a fan of Star Trek: The Original Series. I love ALL Trek, but TOS has always been MY series, much like TNG has been my brothers. I imagine... Continue Reading →
This will be a fairly short post. I see a lot of posts about Mental Health on Twitter and the things people do to help themselves. I, likely many people, have suffered with Mental Health issues for a long time but was afraid to do anything about it due to the stigma surrounding it so... Continue Reading →
I've posted many times about my battles with mental health. I don't do it for sympathy, I do it because mental health issues need to be normalised not stigmatised. Many people go without getting diagnosed or are diagnosed too late because of the stigma that surrounds these issues. Even today, many GPs don't have the... Continue Reading →
With all this downtime my mental health has been getting worse. It was very bad pre-pandemic! I've tried lots of different things but one thing that does help is re-watching some of my favourite shows. I've found some almost impossible to watch at the moment. I don't know why but those that I have watched.... Continue Reading →
With so much going on in my head lately I've been using this time to really focus on things I love as a way of helping me. It was VERY hard at the beginning but over time it does help. I still struggle a lot but this is one thing that can help. Its also... Continue Reading →
Firstly let me apologise in advance for this long post. I don't intend for this to be a sad post or one that requires sympathy. I've suffered with mental health issues for most of my life, and like many people, suffered in silence. Over the years I've developed lots of coping mechanisms which meant that... Continue Reading →
This is a fairly long post, sorry. I don't know if anyone even reads my blog but talking about mental health is important to me, even if it's just me sounding off on here. One of the challenges in my battle against depression, anxiety and PTSD is to find things to distract me when I... Continue Reading →
WARNING: - There are NO spoilers or any plot details below! The UK premiere of Star Trek: Picard took place on Wednesday 15th January at the Odeon Luxe in Leicester Square. I decided to try to go along and watch the red white carpet. I had a couple of friends for support so I wasn't... Continue Reading →
