Well here we are… the end of a very long and challenging year of my life but also a big chunk of my life. Over the last year I have been living with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and having cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to treat it. Before starting my therapy I heard a lot…
The Power of Distraction
Over the years I have come to realise that thinking does not do me any good. I’m not really sure that it does anybody any good. Over thinking doesn’t anyway. Over thinking just sends your mind around in circles and it never ever ever ends. There’s so many things in life to over think and…
Frogs and Fairy Tales
Life is a funny old thing. In a split second it can completely change it’s course. Sometimes that’s not a good thing at all, but sometimes it is. I grew up imagining a wonderful fairy tale adult life, a big wedding, a big house, a big family, like most little girls do. Too young to…
A Blog About Blogging – by The Blogger
It’s hard to believe, but three years ago I didn’t even know what a blog was. Not really. I just knew that it was where people wrote things online. I didn’t know why, or who, or when or even how. I was just a Sheffield lass in my late twenties with no obvious future because…
New Look for 2020!
Happy New Year everyone! This is just a quick post to introduce the new look to you all. Now that I have a bit more time on my hands I thought I would jazz up the website a bit. Hopefully now it will be easier to get to the posts you want to read. So…
Summing up 2019
As we are coming to the end of the year I thought I would write a bit about how this year has been for me. I think it’s fair to say it has been a very mixed bag of emotions, happiness, sadness, laughter, tears and every other emoji face ever invented. Going back to the…
CBT – Cognitive Bahavioural Therapy
Over the past few months I have been having cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT. This is to help me with my symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). There has been a lot of talk about mental health in the news recently so I thought I would just go through what CBT actually is for…
Voy a reír, voy a bailar vivir mi vida, la, la, la, la
You are probably wondering what the title means. It is the best bit of Spanish that I have learnt whilst on my holiday… well, in Spain. 😀 “I’m going to laugh, I’m going to dance, live my life, la, la, la, la“ This is a quote from a song by Marc Anthony. This song was…
The Love Game
I am starting to think that love is all just a game of luck and numbers. What are the chances of me meeting a nice guy before I’m 32? What are the chances of me meeting a nice guy before I’m 35? 40? 50? 60? EVER?!!! What are the chances of it getting serious? What…
My PTSD Journey – Part 2 (The Assessment)
Continuing from My PTSD Journey – Part 1. Follow this link to have a read of this. https://glitterinthedarkness.home.blog/2019/05/25/my-ptsd-journey-part-1/ I had waited about a month and as promised IAPT got in touch with me about my first CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) appointment. I was actually looking forward to it. I find mental health issues and therapies…
Glitter In The Darkness 