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I’ve been through many a heartache in my life bu I’ve been through many a heartache in my life but something I pride myself on is my ability to get backup, and crack on. Someone can hurt me but I don’t like to dwell, but if it comes in waves of sadness that’s okay, I’ll allow myself to feel what I need to feel when it comes in. If someone hurts me, yeah I’ll be gutted but I won’t waste more of my time being sad about it. If I’m alone at night and I want a little cry, I’ll do it, if I’m with my friends and I want a rant I’ll do it. But will I let it stop me in my tracks completely? Fuck no. I haven’t got time to waste, I haven’t got time to waste sitting around being sad about someone who might have disrespected me, not been kind to my feelings. Get up, brush yourself off and get on. It’s okay to begin the healing process as soon as in whichever way fits best and it’s also okay to be upset about something you thought you healed from. Just be kind and gentle, do you 🧡 #mentalhealthblogger #blogger #lblogger #lifestyleblogger #bloggersunder500 #positivity #selflovejourney
After a while of debating I decided 2 weeks ago (w After a while of debating I decided 2 weeks ago (with the help of a doctor) to raw dog my mental health. I’ve been on medication for 5+ years and I’ve spoken about it before, we have a love-hate relationship. At the start it helped me but ever since I can’t put my finger on what they’ve done to help me, and that’s okay. I think I’ve needed them, sure, but do I need them forever? Am I ready to take on the world just me and no medicine? Yes, I am. 🌟 I’m scared because I’ve done this a fair few times before, I’ve either weaned off or gone cold turkey. Weaning off is rough because you get bouts of side effects, going cold turkey? HORRENDOUS and would never recommend. It’s crazy how used to tablets your body is and then a slight change can knock you completely. When I’ve come off before, months later I’ve had some of the worst mental breakdowns and I’m of course scared and apprehensive that this will happen again. But I’m in a much better place than I was back then, I’m so much stronger now. I can get through anything on my own, and this is just another thing. ⚡️ I’m excited to see the world through my eyes now, and nothing else. I am grateful for the medication for being a crutch for me all these years, but I am ready 🌸 #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthblogger #mhblogger #lifestyleblogger #blogging #anxietyawareness #medicationstigma #positivemindset #bloggersunder500 #lblogger
I’ve always wondered “am I good enough?” In I’ve always wondered “am I good enough?” In many scenarios. Am I a good enough daughter? Was I a good enough girlfriend? A good enough friend? Colleague? I’ve always had self doubt in that area. When someone once said to me “you make life hard to love for everyone around you” it triggered that self doubt even further than I ever thought it could. I’ve only in the last few months started to recognise how one statement could affect me for months/even years after. Ever since then I worry daily that I’m a pain, an annoyance, everyone deserves better than me. How unfair is that? That I now live with the insecurities of whether I make people happy or not. But since I started therapy a few months back I’m beginning to learn and recognise that I am not solely responsible for someone’s feelings and the way they feel about me. It’s not my fault - sometimes, sure maybe it is - but it’s not ALWAYS my fault. It’s not my fault if someone is having a bad day, it’s not my fault if someone is sad, it’s not my fault. This is something I think about daily, I really have to work on it and slowly I am. Over time I’m trying to gain more confidence in who I am, knowing that I am a nice person and I would never hurt people intentionally. I’m not a bad person and I deserve happiness too. I hope after some real self learning and growth I can recognise that I am good for this world and I am good enough. 💛 #mentalhealthblogger #blogger #lblogger #lifestyleblogger #uklockdown #2021 #bloggersunder500 #positivty #life #mentalhealthawareness #anxietyblogger
I kind of wanted 2021 to be the year I come off my I kind of wanted 2021 to be the year I come off my antidepressants but we’re 5 days in and I can’t see it happening. That seems very defeatist, but the waves of sadness I get whilst being ON anti d’z are probably easier than what they’d be like if I wasn’t on them. Which frightens me, you get fed the idea that anti depressants will make you happy, they’re ‘happy pills’ some would say. I’m here to tell you that they’re not necessarily a magic pill, they just make your ride easier. But that’s MY experience and isn’t reflective to every single person on earths experience. This is coming from a brain which is flat at the moment, where no positivity is filtering through and I see no end in sight. But soon, maybe I will feel brighter (I WILL feel brighter, there’s no maybe about it) and I may have the chance to come off my tablets finally. However, if I don’t that’s okay. Maybe it’s not the time, I take every day as it comes - or I try to anyway. There’s no shame in medication, it’s there for a reason my mum always tells me. I grew up hating the fact I was on medication, I did start late though at the age of 19 when I probably should of had it when I was much younger. I was determined to get off of them in a short time, but 6 years later I still need them. And that is OKAY ✌🏻 I don’t resent my tablets, I don’t wish I wasn’t on them because without them I probably wouldn’t have survived the hardest dips in my mental health. They make me somewhat stable and I am grateful for that. I’m taking 2021 day by day, and that is the way I shall stay. Feel what I need to feel and do what I need to do. 🌸 (P.s. I’ve started doing lino prints, kinda chills out this busy brain 🥰) #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthblogger #mhblogger #lifestyleblogger #blogging #anxietyawareness #endmedicationshaming #linoprint
Firstly, happy new year to you! Secondly, happy ne Firstly, happy new year to you! Secondly, happy new lockdown! 😿 It’s actually okay to be frustrated, sad and angry. To feel not one ounce of positivity in this moment where the world just feels relentless and annoying. It’s been the weirdest year of our lives and we are going round and round in circles which feel never ending. In days to come you and I might feel more positive about it, but right now do I feel down, hopeless and sad? Fucking yeah, I do. But in a couple of days will I feel a bit more hopeful about the future, the vaccines and the hope of seeing my family in the spring? Yes, maybe! All of this is OKAY 🙌🏻 This isn’t helped by the actual inevitable sadness I feel this time of year, I always get anxious around New Years (I think it’s the pressure for a new start?) and the dark nights, dark mornings and cold days really bring me down. So this on top of that? Well just please, put me in the bin. I am yearning for the spring days where everything is coming into bloom and maybe that’s when we will start to see some sense of normal life again 🌸 For now? I’m going to take the news in, go to bed and start a fresh tomorrow and feel whatever my mind and body wish to feel and not punish myself for feeling that way. I hope you’re all okay, looking after yourselves and being kind to yourselves. It’s not easy but you’ve got this 💫✨💖 #mentalhealthblogger #blogger #lblogger #lifestyleblogger #uklockdown #2021 #bloggersunder500
Sometimes I am plagued with waves of sadness, lone Sometimes I am plagued with waves of sadness, loneliness and self loathing. It’s what I’ve become used to in my life, sometimes I’m triggered by things around me but sometimes it feels like an innate thing inside me which was just meant to be there. I don’t think that’s the case though, I wasn’t born to feel lonely and sad, I’m actually a very happy, chirpy person. My mental health has always felt like a joke really because I laugh about it, I make jokes and that’s something I’m okay with. I like dark, dry humour so to laugh about my bad days makes me feel...better? That doesn’t take away from the bad days though, the nights where I will sit crying because my brain feels full and I can’t empty it. The days where my brain feels so numb but also so alive, the contrasting feelings confuse me and I just want to sleep to let it settle down for a minute. I’m working through so many things right now with my new therapist, she’s making me see myself and my life in a different way. Showing me that I’m not a bad person for making decisions which were right for ME, number one, this is my life. Showing me that I really am so full of love and compassion but I’m not giving enough to myself. Allowing me to see that I deserve love (even if I don’t believe it yet, it’s a work in progress) This morning my brain feels unbelievably full, I want to brain dump somewhere and have the biggest cry known to man. (I’d also love a cuddle from my mum and my dogs but lockdown) ((corona can suck my ass)) I’ll always be open in talking about mental health because it helps me to be open and honest. Have a good day 💛🧡 #mentalhealthblogger #mentalhealthawareness #mhblogger #anxietyblogger #depressionblogger #ukblogger #bloggersunder500
💘 NEW POST 💘 • A question I ask myself of 💘 NEW POST 💘 • A question I ask myself often with the highs and lows of dating and it knocking your self confidence. The answer is: no!!!! • Link in my bio 💕 • #datingblog #dating #datingadvice #selflove #lblogger #lifestyleblogger #blogging #ukblogger #bloggersunder500 💞
Throwback to last CHRISTMAS! 🎄 • This year I Throwback to last CHRISTMAS! 🎄 • This year I am looking for #smallbusinesses to shop for my family and friends, I want to shop small and shop local too, just feel like it’ll be a good and fun thing to do this year. I always spend so much money on the same stuff every year, why not try something different?! • So! If you are a small business, give me a message, I’ll have a gander and see if there’s anything I fancy 🥰 I’ve already been looking around loads and there’s so many talented people out there, let me give you all my money please. I want to feel excited about Christmas in this absolutely dire time, so let’s make it a bit more adventurous and exciting! 💃🏼 • #shopsmalluk #shopsmallipswich #shoplocalsuffolk #smallbusiness #christmasshopping #giftideas #lblogger #lifestyleblogger
On #worldmentalhealthday ask yourself, how are you On #worldmentalhealthday ask yourself, how are you? How are you feeling? Tune in and ask the question because without number one there is nothing else. You should see how you are before anything else, life is hard right now for everyone on earth, it’s been the weirdest year of all time. It’s okay to be struggling with it all, maybe even on top of your normal mental health struggles. • If you’re not okay, if you are struggling know that it’s okay to take some time out. You need a day or two away from work? Do it - it’s okay! You need to spend some calm time at home with some home comforts and self love? DO IT - it’s okay! • You are the most important person and once you’re feeling okay then everything else in life can follow. Make sure you’re feeling okay. • Remember to talk to those around you, even if you don’t want to talk to those closest there is always someone. A doctor, a colleague, the Samaritans even a bloody stranger at the pub. Keep talking and keep checking in, you’re doing great! 💛✨ #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawarenessday #anxiety #depression #selflove #positivity
NEW POST ✨ Health Anxiety Explained ✨ You kn NEW POST ✨ Health Anxiety Explained ✨ You know me, I have health anxiety. I’ve had it for years, but do you know too much about it? I think people like me are just seen as being quite dramatic and that we are making things up. That’s not the case, my mind is tortured with the fear that I’m dying almost every day and it’s awful. This isn’t an illness to be brushed off, it should be listened to. Link is in my bio 🌟 #healthanxiety #mentalhealth #mentalhealthblogger #anxiety #lblogger #lbloggeruk #mentalhealthawareness #youngbloggers #ukbloggersquad #smallblogsociety ⚡️
NEW POST ✨ struggling during a pandemic ✨ Jus NEW POST ✨ struggling during a pandemic ✨ Just a little brain dump while I take some time away and am hanging out at my parents. My mental health is almost at rock bottom right now, I don’t know if it’s the whole situation in the world right now and feeling hopeless or other things but I’m sure it hasn’t helped. This whole situation is fucked and it’s absolutely okay to feel scared, confused and even angry. This life right now isn’t normal, so let’s keep talking and looking after each other. Check in on friends and family, they probably would appreciate it more than ever 💛✨ Link in bio! 🤟🏻 #lbloggeruk #lbloggers #lifestyleblogger #mentalhealthawareness #mhblogger #mentalhealthblogger #covidanxiety #covid19 #blogginggals
Good morning! ✨ I am having a serious case of ho Good morning! ✨ I am having a serious case of holiday blues...from February. Missing travelling around so much right now, by now usually I would’ve been on a few holidays - appreciating that I am in a position to be able to do that, I am grateful for that - but this was taken on our first and only holiday this year to Bulgaria 🌍 Missing the drunken nights running around a new city, meeting people from all over the world, discovering Instagramable places to take photos of my friends and eating all the food and drinking all the beer and wine. I MISS IT. I miss the adventures and memories. I’m feeling so stuck right now, stuck in this town and the same routine. It’s so nice to escape sometimes but in the current climate, where can we even go? My escape is my mums 20 minutes up the road. 🚘 I am absolutely yearning for a break from this country and the same things right now, there seems to be no end in sight and it’s sad and annoying. My mental health is taking the brunt of it and I’m sure everyone else’s is too, just remember you are not alone! Not one bit. Keep talking and trying to stay optimistic, enjoy the things you have and we’ll get there eventually 💘 Have a good day everyone! 🌟 #lifestyleblogger #lbloggeruk #lblogger #travelgram #bulgaria #bloggersofinstagram #blogginggals #mentalhealthblogger #mentalhealthawareness
NEW POST ✨ dating do’s and don’ts ✨ Now o NEW POST ✨ dating do’s and don’ts ✨ Now obviously I’m an absolute sex goddess and dating is my best talent and I have men falling at my feet so you should listen to everything I have to say. Or maybe I’m lying and I am just going through this shit just as you are, not really knowing what the fuck I’m doing? Dating is HARD, so let me give you some tips from what I have learnt in recent months...link is in my bio! ✌🏻 #datingblogger #datingadvice #datingdosanddonts #lifestyleblogger #lblogger #lbloggeruk #bloggingcommunity #blogginggals #follow4followback #bloggersofinstagram #tinder #bumble #hinge #femaleblogger
✨ (TW: eating disorders) ✨ I’ve come a long ✨ (TW: eating disorders) ✨ I’ve come a long way since I was at my lowest point with my eating disorder. I used to have 0 energy from lack of food (now I have 0 energy from LIFE) and I used to hate looking in the mirror. Now? I don’t mind as much, I’m growing and so is my confidence. I am a woman now and not a 19 year old girl, a woman with crackin boobs and a bum and hips. Cheers to me and cheers to recovery 🙌🏻 Link for my new blog post “Am I confident in my body now?” Is in my bio! Give it a read if you’d like 🥰 #lbloggeruk #lifestyleblogger #ukbloggersquad #blogginggals #blogger #followtrain #blogpost #wordpress #recovery #mentalhealth #mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthblogger #eatingdisorderrecovery
✨ NEW POST! Who is your soul mate? ✨ This on ✨ NEW POST! Who is your soul mate? ✨ This ones dedicated to you, Benny. All my life I’ve been like “huh, I’ve met my soul mate” - how wrong I was, my soul mate was just by my side the entire time. My best friend. This post is all about it how maybe your soul mate isn’t someone who you’re in love with but simply someone you’re supposed to navigate through life with. To me, that’s Ben. Link is in my bio! (AND I FINAAAALLLY moved to Wordpress and have my own domain, it’s a great day!) 💫 #lbloggeruk #lifestyleblogger #ukbloggersquad #blogginggals #blogger #followtrain #blogpost #soulmates #bestfriends #wordpress
Good morning! I hope you’re all having a lovely Good morning! I hope you’re all having a lovely week and it’s Wednesday, which means it’s almost little Friday (Thursday) which means it’s almost Friday 🙌🏻 I am missing our little weekend away camping right now. We went off to @rushbanks_campsite for a couple of nights and it was so nice to get away, even if it was only half an hour down the road. I’m loving these staycations because of COVID - usually we would be off on some European adventures but I’m quite happy having the chance to look around our little corner of the world. Suffolk and Essex has some hidden little treasures I think, I don’t appreciate it or explore it enough. Maybe this really is the year to do it more. I find myself stuck in my ways, going on the same walks around the same parks or parts of town and not venturing out. I’d like to change that though, I know summer is almost over but autumn is my favourite season to go for long walks, it’s comforting and cosy. Even if the autumnal wind will expose my giant fivehead. I think we got to experience the last of what the beautiful days of summer had to offer with our camping trip though, would definitely recommend 😌💛 #ukbloggersquad #lblogger #lifestyleblogger #travel #staycation #suffolk #essex #camping #youngbloggers #blogger #bloggersofinstagram #bloggerlife
Hello one and all...I have returned to the world o Hello one and all...I have returned to the world of blogging and it feels so good to be writing again! • I’ve done a lot of growing and living in the last year since my last post, and you can read about some of it in my new most ‘The Tinder Ghost’ (link is in my bio). • I’m thinking this is a new era for A Life With Ambitions, I’ve had this blog for maybe 8 years and it’s always been somewhat primarily focused on mental health. I want to move it in some newer directions, I’m a 25 year old woman now, I have a funny life and I like to write about it. • Today’s post is all about that dreaded @tinder_uk ghost and the struggles of dating in this modern world. It’s tough and as young people let’s talk about it more, it’s not fucking easy and whoever says it is, is a big bloody liar. • Check it out and let me know what you think, let’s have a chat about it! 💛 • #lblogger #lifestyleblogger #dating #tinder #hinge #datingfails #ghosting #blogginglife #bloggers #blogging #problogging #blogpromotion #bloggersgetsocial #bloggerproblems #ontheblog #linkinprofile #lifestyleblog #thegirlgang #instablog #instablogger
A new project is incoming - myself and my best fri A new project is incoming - myself and my best friend Ben are bringing out a podcast we’ve been talking about for over a year. Finally coming! Full of laughs, stories, theories and just utter bollocks. Follow us on @flat6pod for updates 💛 - - - - #podcast #podcasting #ukpodcast #spotify #podcastersofinstagram #podcastshow
Like everyone else on the planet I’ve been strug Like everyone else on the planet I’ve been struggling with the anxiety of COVID-19. When you have health specific anxiety however, this can prove to be an actual living nightmare. So far I think I’ve dealt with it fairly okay, I have my moments but fuck me what a wild ride. Blog post incoming, for the first time in a minute. I hope you’re all keeping safe and well and healthy 💛
It is #worldmentalhealthday2019 and a day which ac It is #worldmentalhealthday2019 and a day which actually, should be recognised every single day. In what is one of the worst dips I’ve had for about 2 and a half years, I remember how important it is to speak up and talk. I am lucky to be surrounded by a supportive network of people but unfortunately others may feel like they aren’t. There are always, always, always people there to listen. A friend, family, colleague, teacher, doctor, even a pharmacist, your dog or even services like the Samaritans (which I will always recommend 110%, they’re amazing!). Although our services are not what they could or even should be, we have to reach out to those closest to us to get to where we need to be. It’s time to talk and also time to listen. Fight that good fight and get your life back, be kind to yourself, be kind to your body. This is our home, our body and our minds, that’s our home we must make it the best place to be somehow even when it feels impossible. Keep going, you’ve got this! 💛
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