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How Being a Social Media Manager Can Affect Your Mental Health
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy my job. I’m lucky to be born in an era where social media is a thing. It allows me to be creative without actually having the skills of drawing or anything like that. However, it can be quite demanding. You can work so hard on content and find it…
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Book Review: Depression in a Digital Age
Depression in a Digital Age is a book where author Fiona Thomas discusses her life with mental illness and how she found herself online and what this meant for her struggles with anxiety and depression. It was a relevantly easy read and I found it very relatable. As someone who struggles with mental illness and…
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Feeling Lonely When You Are a Freelancer
As someone who suffers from depression anyway, loneliness is something I’m used to feeling. I can be in a room full of family or friends and sit there feeling invisible. But sometimes working from home can make the situation more difficult. I would also like to point out that loneliness can affect anyone, not just…
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A Day in the Life of Someone who Lives with Depression
I am going to try and explain what it is like living with depression. People’s experiences with depression vary and so not everything I say will be the same with everyone who suffers. I have wanted to write about my experiences with depression and anxiety because whilst a lot of people understand the symptoms I…
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NOT All Genders Get Their Period
I actually can’t believe I am having to write this post but here we are. Recently, the brand Always has changed their packaging on their tampons and sanitary towels to make their more inclusive for all the non-binary, trans community that also have to use their products. As a female myself I don’t particularly take…
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Why I Get Annoyed By The Fat Positivity Movement
The body positivity movements started because it was promoting other body shapes besides the stick-thin figure everyone was obsessed with. They stopped promoting thigh gaps and starting promoting curvy women that people weren’t used to seeing in the media. I’m happy everyone agrees that being stupidly skinny isn’t worth it but this is taking the…
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Why I Quit My Full-Time Job & Went Freelance
End of August this year I decided to quit my full-time job to go freelance. I wasn’t enjoying myself and my mental health was deteriorating due to the work environment. It was a scary experience but I had 10k in my savings account and was still living at home and I would never be able…
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Loving Someone With Mental Illness
Relationships can be difficult without the added challenges that mental illness brings to the table. Dealing with mental illness can be emotionally draining and exhausting but sometimes knowing that someone is there to support and help you every step of the way is the reassurance to carry on. Not only have I myself suffered from…
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The Problem With “Nice Guys”
You have probably heard the phrase “Nice guys finish last” or “Girls only date arseholes” and these two phrases are coming from the same guys. The guys that believe that the only flaw they have in their personality is that they are too nice. Trust is deeper than just being honest. It’s more than just…
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Why I Think No Sex Before Marriage Is Stupid.
I am personally not religious. I have a very logical brain; with no evidence, I struggle to believe it exists. The idea that some man or “being” is looking down on us and watching every single thing we do, sounds a little creepy to me. The main point that baffles me about religion is that…
Gracie Hemphill 