I'm really excited to be shortlisted in The UK’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Awards, for an award in the category ofInspirational Mental Health Story (lived experience). It's organised by The Root of it and The Mental Health Tick and I'm so excited to be attending an awards ceremony on Zoom later this month. Getting awards like this makes blogging, campaigning and raising … [Read more...]
Eczema and skin poetry workshop, 4th Sept 2021
This is the fourth Poetry Workshop we have organised, taking place on Saturday 4th September at 3pm, for anyone wanting to explore the written word and poetry as a vehicle to learn, explore feelings and emotions and find release and peace through poetry. The first workshop was a great success with people joining from all around the world, from America, Germany, Hungary and … [Read more...]
Skin picking, dermatillomania, excoriation advice
Now this is a subject very close to my heart, Skin Picking! The medical term for skin picking is dermatillomania or excoriation and I think I've got it big time. I am terrible for picking flakes of skin and scabs. Mainly it's scabs before they're healed and skin flakes because there are just so many of them! I can sit for hours picking. But if I have clear skin, I'm not … [Read more...]
Does eczema affect body image?
I know 100% that having eczema all my life has affected my body image and how I have judged, quote wrongly, my worth and value in this world. I was really fortunate to have CBT counselling a few years ago and was shocked to discover how wrapped up my fears, anxieties and completely wrong judgements stemmed from how having eczema made my feel, as a human, as a woman and how I … [Read more...]
Covid-19 vaccine, anxiety and my skin
It's happened! I've had the vaccine! And I just wanted to write a little bit about how much anxiety I felt, how that is completely understandable and you should not beat yourself up about feeling scared, and finally, how for me, my story was easy, simple and I had no complications. Here's my advice. Speak to your GP I phoned my doctor when I got my invitation for the … [Read more...]