Mental Health

Highly sensitive people aren’t just emotional or dramatic for no reason. In reality, they process the world more deeply, more intensely, and sometimes, more anxiously. When you pick up on everything from subtle tone changes to background noise, it’s no surprise your system gets overwhelmed a little faster than most. Anxiety for HSPs often looks…

It’s frustrating when you’re trying to feel better, but nothing seems to change. You read the advice, do the things, even take the brave step of asking for help, but it still feels like you’re stuck in the same emotional loop. If you’ve been beating yourself up over why your mental health isn’t magically improving,…

Shame has a way of sneaking in when you’re already low. You feel like you should be coping better. You wonder if you’re weak for struggling at all. However, the truth is, there’s nothing shameful about being human—and nothing noble about pretending everything’s fine when it’s not. If you’re constantly beating yourself up for struggling,…

You don’t always notice it straight away, but your environment plays a massive role in how you feel. You might consider it your sanctuary and have it set up just how you like it, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s doing you any favours. As it turns out, sometimes, it’s the small, overlooked things in…

It’s easy to assume that if you’re still functioning, you’re fine. However, struggle doesn’t always announce itself with big breakdowns. Sometimes it hides under routines, jokes, or habits that feel normal—until you realise you haven’t taken a real breath in weeks. If these experiences sound familiar to you, chances are, you’re having a harder time…

Some behaviours become so ingrained, they start to feel like part of your personality. However, when you’ve experienced trauma—especially early in life—those adaptations often start as survival tools, not core traits. Over the years, they get mislabelled as quirks, preferences, or just “how you are,” when they’re actually the emotional fallout of things you never…

When someone has lived with mental illness since childhood, their experience of the world is shaped early. Not only that, but it often echoes in the things they say, even years later. Whether it’s an underhanded comment or an offhand remark, these phrases can hold the weight of years of trying to cope, mask pain,…

Someone who’s experiencing loneliness isn’t necessarily sitting alone in their home crying about how isolated they feel. They don’t often don’t walk around saying, “I’m lonely.” Instead, they try to cope, self-soothe, or distract themselves in quiet ways. However, as time goes on, these patterns can become part of their emotional routine—keeping them feeling isolated…

There’s a particular kind of heaviness that comes from feeling invisible. It’s not always overwhelming or obvious, either. In fact, it usually manifests as a low-level hum that you kind of just carry around with you on a daily basis. It’s down to the missed glances, the way people talk over you, and the way…

Therapy isn’t just for fixing problems, and you don’t need to have experienced trauma or grief to benefit from it. At its best, it gives you the space, tools, and insight to reconnect with who you are, and slowly build a life that actually feels good to live. You might think that offloading your thoughts…