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Career | Family | Tip 3 for Poor Mental Health

On Tuesday my partner went to the job centre as he does every week except this time, something else was proposed - that he considers starting his own business. Who knows where that will go but he has a meeting in 3 weeks time to discuss it so that is definitely something to look forward to. For my career, I would love to work as a counselor or in another role which helps people. I have a very caring family and I had a very caring Mum. I want to follow through with this and do a similar thing. All of my educational life, I have studied in these sort of areas. I have a Level 2 in Counselling and Understanding Behaviour That Challenges, a Level 3 in Health and Social Care and I then went on to complete my foundation degree in the same subject. I have done work experience/ volunteered and had paid employment within schools/ nurseries and care homes and its been tough but I have loved the feeling it gives me that what I have done has actually helped another human being. I know what it fee...
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The start of Trauma CBT | Tips for improving poor mental health | World Mental Health Day

I need to stop starting my blogs in this way but...writing 2 blogs in one day didn't happen. Surprise surprise. I think I have gotten to the point where I just need to write when I feel I am able rather than trying to commit to certain times as it seems to be getting more and more challenging. So, lets try that. I will start by writing about a few things I got up to last week before moving onto the main bulk; the start of my trauma therapy. For those who do follow these blogs, I actually can now officially say that I have a hobby. I'm sure a lot of people have many hobbies and don't think too much of it but for me to say that I have 1, that makes me very happy. And that hobby is diamond painting. I even got a friend of mine into it so that's even better. I recently finished my first one which I gave to my Dad as a late birthday gift and now I am onto my second and loving it even more. My Stepmum also bought me a new jumper as well as some new bamboo socks. I do love...
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Royal Voluntary Service | Mental Health Assessment

So its been another week again. I have been struggling a lot lately so to stay committed to writing every couple days hasn't been possible for me. I hope you understand. There is lots to write about plus yesterday was World Mental Health Day so I will be aiming to do 2 blogs today so you don't need to read it all at once. Although, of course you don't have to read it at all! On Saturday I had planned for me and my partner to head up to a free event just up the road held in an art gallery. We could have taken part in free natural crafts, apple pressing and done lots of autumnal things. However, we were both exhausted. We have finally got a semi-decent sleeping schedule (I'm typing this at 820am) but back then, we really did not. We decided to spend the weekend at home although I did do one thing productive. I applied to be a volunteer for the Royal Voluntary Service. This is a Service which works with libraries to provide books for older people who struggle to get out ...
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Cats, Religion & An Aubergine

Hi! Wednesday evening I went on a date with my partner and it was not what I was expecting at all. I'm not sure what I was expecting but it definitely wasn't that! We got the train into the nearest city, went to my favourite dessert restaurant and then went to a poetry/comedy evening. The event was called Spork (something to do with spoken word?) and I'm still slightly speechless about the whole event. It was hosted in a bar where the pints were £4.50. The reason I had planned this particular date is because it was a free event so I thought we could get a drink. I wouldn't have if I'd known the price! It was good cider though. The actual location was very nice. The event organizer had even bought free cake for everyone to eat. It was a celebration of their 1st birthday doing evenings like this and there were even party hats. The main reason I chose this for our date is because of a wonderful man called Samantics. He is a music artist and I have spoken about him on...
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My Week

I haven't written in almost a week but I've been quite busy and struggling a little. I love doing lots of things but its very difficult for me and its also difficult to do nothing so that's a challenge. I didn't get up to very much over the first few days so I will sum up quickly: Thursday was very quiet as my partner had an appointment and then we relaxed for the rest of the day. On Friday, I went out for breakfast with my partner and his mum and brother. It was really lovely and there was fantastic food. Then, yet another appointment for my partner. Saturday my partners mum cleared out her bedroom and it turns out I had a lot of stuff stored in there from when I first moved here. I have absolutely no recollection of putting anything in there but apparently I must have. It was exhausting but also quite fun going through everything and seeing what I hadn't come across in literally years. I threw away a lot of old clothes which I would love to wear now but unfo...
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Grounding Techniques | PTSD

So I have 4 days to catch you up on. I normally post a little more regularly than this but I've been having a pretty rough time. Aren't I always though? On Sunday I really didn't do much except for making a few plans for the week ahead which I started on Monday. I applied for a job. Ok, that sounds a lot more impressive than it really is. There is a magazine which gets distributed once a month to my local area, I have written a little bit about it before. I love it because it really gives some free/cheap ideas of things to do near me so that I don't have to travel far and it of course helps due to my low amount of benefits. I currently have roughly £20-25 I can spend a week once phone bills etc. have gone out so anything I can get for a bit cheaper makes it a lot easier. Anyway - long story short, they are looking for distributors once a month to deliver this magazine. It wouldn't affect my benefits due it just being a few hours a month but it will give me a littl...
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Carnival | Excitement

On Thursday I received my letter giving me the time and date for my mental health assessment. I waited 6 weeks to get it so I'm glad it finally came. For anyone who doesn't know, I am currently receiving universal credit benefits. This is due to my mental state affecting my current ability to work. I had to leave my last job because of this and my doctor (and myself) believe that I am unable to be in employment at this time. However, the final decision lies with the health advisory service. I have already sent them a long form outlining everything that I struggle with on a daily basis and they will use that along with what they learn about me during the assessment to make a decision about what amount of money I am entitled to. They may disagree with my doctors decision and say that I must look for work or they may believe that I am actually entitled to get more/ less money than I currently am. My assessment is in 3 weeks so I will let you know the outcome then. Yesterday I go...
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