by eFriend | Dec 6, 2021 | eFriend Blog Posts
Content warning: suicide Losing a mate to suicide, four months on Four months ago, my mate John took his own life. The time of intense sweeping emotions has passed… No longer the sleepless nights filled with grief. The flashes of anger have abated, the days of...
by eFriend | Dec 6, 2021 | eFriend Blog Posts
Being in pain all the time is exhausting. Sometimes I think “I should be used it by now, it’s been years” and most days I am. I can go about my life with not much interference from the ever-present pain and then other days I’m so tired and just want it to stop. ...
by eFriend | Dec 6, 2021 | eFriend Blog Posts
Coming Out of Lockdown I’m sitting in a café next to the Apple store, feeling shattered and staring into space. I’ve just spent an hour being dazzled by the world of 21st Century consumerism, and then an idea popped into my head that I never thought would...
by eFriend | Dec 6, 2021 | eFriend Blog Posts
Content warning: mental health Living with multiple mental health conditions, it can be challenging to identify what’s contributing to how I’m feeling and behaving. Sometimes, the distinction is unimportant, such as when I realise I can’t recall what I’ve been...
by eFriend | Dec 6, 2021 | eFriend Blog Posts
My ex-partner used to say to me “Why do you keep track of the dates when your traumas happened? Wouldn’t be better for you to just forget?” and something about that question always bothered me. On principal, of course she was right. It would be easier and probably...
