#mentalhealthmonday – mornings are terrible

I think a lot of people with mental health conditions find certain times of the day really difficult. For me, the most difficult part of the day is the morning, particularly if I have to get up early. Trigger warnings: discussion of suicidal ideation I've never been a morning person. Even when I was little …

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#mentalhealthmonday – ANNOUNCEMENT!

Two announcements in two days? You heard it here first, folks. I am very excited to announce that I have taken on a new mental health project! Please give a warm welcome to Mind the Page! Mind the Page is a collaborative blog where people with lived experiences of mental health conditions review books that …

#mentalhealthmonday – nervous habits

With my anxiety getting worse over the past couple of years, I've realised that some of my nervous habits have been getting worse, too. So, let's talk about them. Trigger warnings: minor self-harm, skin biting and picking, mentions of blood, mentions of alcohol I've always had a bit of a nervous habit of biting the skin …

february wrap-up

So February was a surprisingly awesome month. I read OVER 20 BOOKS, which is the most I have read probably since I was in high school. I also am finally sort-of getting my blog stats to what they used to be after my (extended) hiatus last year. While that isn't the point of my blog, …

history is all you left me review

I read History Is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera for the 2019 Mental Health Book Bingo - it fulfilled many prompts, including OCD representation and LGBTQIA+ main character. When Griffin's first love and ex-boyfriend, Theo, dies in a drowning accident, his universe implodes. Even though Theo had moved to California for college and …

#mentalhealthmonday – being teetotal doesn’t totally suck

So I've finally done something that, to be honest, I should have done a long time ago. I've gone teetotal. Trigger warnings: mentions of alcohol I've known that I should probably not drink alcohol for a while now. My horrible psychiatrist told me, my very lovely therapist told me, and my adequate doctor told me. But …

darius the great is not okay review

I read Darius the Great is Not Okay for the 2019 Mental Health Book Bingo - it was the group read! It also counts as part of YARC 2019! Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He's about to take his first-ever trip to …

#mentalhealthmonday – I never switch off

I have a really hard problem relaxing and focusing on myself. My brain is constantly firing in 12 different directions at once. It tells me that I need to be productive at all times, need to be taking advantage of new opportunities at all times, I need to be stressing out AT ALL TIMES. The best …

top 5 recommendation | black history month

Ok, first of all - I am a white. So please do take my recommendations with a grain of salt. I've tried to ensure that all of the books I'm recommending are also recommended by black bloggers, but if you have found that any of these books have problematic representation, please do let me know, …

why I don’t use Goodreads’ star ratings

I use Goodreads for a lot of things. Obviously I keep track of the books that I've read, and books that are on my TBR. I often also use the lists to find books with specific representation and themes, though obviously because they're made by Goodreads users, they're not perfect. But that's not what I'm …