May 15th, 2009
Suicide is not better on the other side
I've seen suicide first hand, it's certainly not a very nice thing to see up close and personal and its certainly not very nice seeing someone go so low in themselves to think about taking their own life. To take your own life, you're not only restricting yourself from becoming so much better than the person you are but you're hindering the people closest to you from being happy also. Granted these days you have to think about yourself first but believe you me there is always someone close to you no matter what kind of person you are or what you've done.
Mar 23rd, 2009
Starve yourself skinny stupidity
Have you ever found yourself staring down at the scales, waiting to give yourself a big pat on the back for your achievements over the past week, only for them to let you down? To see the needle settle and realise you have lost 1lb instead of the 7lbs you feel you deserve. It’s heartbreaking. [...]
Mar 13th, 2009
Scared of the dentist
Personally I’m not scared of the dentist. I don’t mind going, the whole sitting in the chair and having my mouth forced open and inspected doesn’t really thrill me but I don’t end up in a shuddering wreck because of it. Most people end up with a fear because of something that has happened in [...]
Dec 30th, 2008
Controlling self harm
Complete physical abuse to the extent of heading into hospital like cutting for example needs to be looked at a lot closer and the people who are doing it need to assess how to change. I understand that to them it is a way out, however they are doing more harm than good. Take a step back look at what you're doing to yourself. There is a known trick frompsychologists which actually helps self harmer's to control their anger and to concentrate on not harming themselves physically by using a rubber band, if you but a rubber band around your wrist when you feel like self harming just ping the rubber band onto your wrist a couple of times until your stress subsides.
Jun 2nd, 2008
ADHD Awareness
I cannot stress enough that the kids DID NOT want to go through what they were, they may say some dreadful things when having a "moment" as I call it, but that's it. It's a moment in their life which they can't control, it's out of their hands.
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