CW: Suicidal Ideation Today’s date always presents me with a lucky dip of emotions. It’s predictably unpredictable, which ones will surface first. Will this year’s anniversary bring back feelings of despair, shame, grief, anger, fear, sadness? Or will it be peace, gratitude, hope and joy? Six years on from my…

Dear Pre-Diagnosed Self I know how much you are struggling right now. I wish I could reach back through time and excitedly tell you what I’m about to write. Ease your pain, your despair, your shame. I know you’ll somehow find the strength to continue. But I so wish I…

Finding Light in Life’s Darkest Moments One year ago today, I fell down the stairs whilst at home alone. I was lucky to survive. I remember a sensation of falling backwards, then of watching myself, floating above my unconscious body lying at the bottom of the stairs. I was sure…

How we can bounce between being able to do speeches live on TV to being scared to answer the phone, post on Twitter or go to the shops. — It’s bloody exhausting, exasperating and exhilarating being the owner of an ADHD brain. Or we realise, being in our lives and helping us to manage them at times. It’s taken a hell of a lot for me to write this, to post on social media. I know that seems ridiculous…