Here's what happened in my life over the past week: A big thank you to the lovely Hilary at Sereneluna for nominating me for the Sunshine Blogger Award! One of her questions was about what luxury would mean to me, and I would have to say lying in bed with the whole bed covered in … Continue reading Weekend wrap-up
Hi people! 🙂 So, the time has come. The time to reveal the winners of my brand new conception which is My Inner MishMash Readership Award (or MIMRA). My Inner MishMash is an award that is planned to be confered every year before Christmas, to the three most involved, insightful and engaged readers of My […] … Continue reading My Inner MishMash Readership Award. And the winners are…
In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychology-related terms. This week's term: defense mechanisms The concept of defense mechanisms was originally proposed by Sigmund Freud. They're strategies that are used unconsciously in order to protect the ego when faced with uncomfortable feelings. A number of defense mechanisms have been identified … Continue reading What is… a defense mechanism
I've read and reviewed some great books written by members of our blogging community, so I wanted to share them with you again in a nutshell version. Click the book covers to be taken to my full reviews. This week we have Michelle Tikalsky, Natasha MacFarlane, and Barbara A. Lawrence. Shattered The story is very … Continue reading Blogger Book Reviews in a Nutshell: Michelle, Natasha, Barbara
The world likes to get judgy when it comes to medications, particularly those that are viewed as addictive or otherwise "bad" in some way. The judgyness grows exponentially when it's a pregnant woman taking medication. Obviously it's a problem if a medication has a negative effect on a developing fetus. However, in the real world … Continue reading Medication Use in Pregnancy
It's week 23 of the Working On Us mental health prompt series over at Beckie's Mental Mess. For details, please visit her post. This week's topic is medications. Question Prompt: When you first were diagnosed with your mental illness/disorder, did it take a while to get used to your medications that were prescribed to you? … Continue reading Working On Us Week 23: Medications
If you thought libraries were dull, Just Another Day at Your Local Public Library: An Insider's Tale of Library Life by Roz Warren will prove that you're dead wrong. I'm taking a quick break this week from mental health books because I know Roz from over at Medium.com and she's hilarious. The book is based … Continue reading Book Review: Just Another Day at Your Local Public Library
The emerging blogger series is aimed at community building through giving mental health bloggers who are early in their blogging evolution the opportunity to have their work seen by a wider audience. It's also a way to introduce you as a reader to some newer members of our community. This post is by Karen of … Continue reading Emerging Blogger Series: Karen
On November 11, the day the guns of World War I fell silent in 1918, we mark Remembrance Day to remember and honour all those who have sacrificed their lives for our freedom. Wilfred Owen served in the British forces in WWI, and wrote poetry about what he saw. He was killed in action a … Continue reading Lest We Forget
The emerging blogger series is aimed at community building through giving mental health bloggers who are early in their blogging evolution the opportunity to have their work seen by a wider audience. It's also a way to introduce you as a reader to some newer members of our community. This post is by Emily of … Continue reading Emerging Blogger Series: Emily
Have you ever heard of domain authority? If not, don't worry; I hadn't heard of it either until not that long ago. I think the first time I heard of it (or at least paid attention) was when I read a post by Jenny in Neverland. What is domain authority? Domain authority (DA) is a scoring … Continue reading What Is Domain Authority and Should You Care?
Here's what happened in my life over the past week: Thanks so much to Caz from Mental Health From The Other Side for nominating me for the Sunshine Blogger Award! Like me, she's been on both the professional and patient side of the mental health coin. Definitely have a look at her blog if you … Continue reading Weekend wrap-up