mental health
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Hi, I’m Kate. I’m a science teacher, science consultant, and a neurodivergent human figuring out how to function in a world that rewards the mask more than the person wearing it. This one’s not polished. It’s not a tidy life lesson. It’s just the truth, mine, and maybe yours too. I call myself high functioning. Read more
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I stayed in a hall of residence last night. One of those accommodation blocks with the aesthetic of a budget hotel, but the vibe of a holding cell. Single bed. Thin mattress. Window that lets in zero air but all the noise. The kind of place that has a fire safety poster from 2004 and Read more
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On Sunday, I went to the tip with my mum. Classic weekend ritual when she’s visiting. Yes, there really is that much rubbish in my house. We always seem to end up there, like it’s our family pilgrimage site, only holier because it smells faintly of old carpet and stale MDF. This time, we were Read more
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Do you ever just wilt? Not dramatically. Just…meh. Like someone left you in the sun too long and now you’re just sort of lying there. Limp and weird. That’s me lately. Not sad. Not in crisis. Just flat. Like a balloon that’s given up. And I keep thinking, is it the heat? Maybe. Probably. Definitely-ish. Read more
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And how ADHD complicates everything About a month ago, something strange happened. My anxiety disappeared. Not completely, not forever, but for the first time in my life, the constant background buzz of hypervigilance just stopped. It was sudden, and honestly, kind of miraculous. I could sleep. I could breathe. I could relax without my brain Read more
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I remember a few months back, a person I work with suggested that people who have anxiety, or other similar conditions just lack resilience. I disagree, I actually think I’m one of the most resilient people I know. And that got me thinking, what does resilience actually mean to me? I think everyone sees it Read more
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I had therapy recently relating to something that happened to me when I was younger and unfortunately that has brought a lot of things I had repressed to the surface. I have to start a different type of therapy following a break to “sit in the space of being a victim”. I’ve been having a Read more
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Today I managed to accidentally trigger my own fight or flight highly on edge anxiety. First thing. Which meant I spent the rest of the day trying to just survive through an internalised anxiety attack. But hey, I survived! We all have good and bad days and sometimes you just have to celebrate managing to make Read more
Uninspired | Unoriginal | Unhinged 