You're Allowed to Have Bad Days

I wrote this for The Mighty. You can read it here too

I am someone who is prone to feeling guilty. For example, if I haven’t had a “productive enough” day, or if I have said something that could possibly be misconstrued by someone else – I will often feel bad about it. This also includes feeling guilty about being upset because of my disability or having tough times with my mental health.

[VIDEO] How anxiety and depression have helped me.

A video on how my experiences with mental health issues has actually resulted in a few positive things. I hope you find it interesting and, if you have been through rough times yourself, that it makes you think of some positive outcomes from that.

[VIDEO] Mental Health: Tips for when it gets rough

- RESOURCES AND OTHER THINGS I HAVE FOUND HELPFUL -

General information on the mental health issues I mention in the video:

NHS - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/obsessive-compulsive-disorder-ocd/

NHS - Clinical Depression:
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/clinical-depression/

NHS - Generalised Anxiety Disorder in Adults: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/generalised-anxiety-disorder/

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Dealing with Depression: The Do's and Dont's.

Let me clear up straight away that this is only advice I am offering from my personal experience with anxiety and mild depression. As such, I would encourage readers to try out these tips for themselves, but to also realise that everyone is different and this sadly WILL NOT take away your difficulties entirely. Hopefully, it will help though. :D

The best place to start will be with my own story, I am a 21 year old female, currently in my 3rd and final year at University.
I suppose my symptoms manifested (noticeably) around 4 months ago, just before I was due to return to University after summer.