Tag Archives: Mental Health

You can be your worst enemy or your greatest friend: Self-hate vs Self-love

‘Self-hate can feel like having a person following you around, all day every day, criticizing you and pointing out every flaw or shaming you for every mistake.’ – Verywellmind Whether we like it or not we are with ourselves all the time. We are the one person we can’t get away from (even if weContinue reading “You can be your worst enemy or your greatest friend: Self-hate vs Self-love”

Football, Prince William and Our Mental Health on BBC iplayer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000jkbr/football-prince-william-and-our-mental-health (Available on BBC iplayer for 29 days, starting from today.) If you have a particular interest in Mental Health or Mental Health Awareness in connection to football (and the Football World) or you have suffered Mental health whilst being involved in the football industry this documentary will be ideal for you. Enjoy your evening:)

Resilience in Crisis

Resilience: What does it mean in terms of mental health, and why is it important, especially in a crisis? ‘Resilience is defined as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.’ Up to now, I’ve always thought of resilience as a gift, rather than something acquired over time or something learnt through experience. How quicklyContinue reading “Resilience in Crisis”

Lonely but not alone…

Loneliness is defined ‘as being sad because one has no friends or company.’ But I don’t think the dictionary’s definition does the term ‘loneliness’ any justice. Loneliness is much more than the absence of friends and company; Loneliness is a tangible presence for many, and doesn’t discriminate by age, gender or social class. It mayContinue reading “Lonely but not alone…”

Relationships, Relapse and Recovery; Revised.

For those of you who have experienced a psychotic episode/s, you would be familiar with that ‘feeling’ that grips your very soul afterwards – especially when you’re left alone with your thoughts for a couple of weeks or even months – “That feeling is the need to get back to normality and everyday living.” LookAfterU4meContinue reading “Relationships, Relapse and Recovery; Revised.”

Sleep deprivation and Mental Health…

Can’t sleep?/ Can’t stay asleep? Do you feel really tired during the day? and wide awake at night? On the other hand to you try to establish a bed routine, and find yourself waking up during the middle of the night? I couldn’t relate to this until my recent struggles with sleeplessness and tiredness andContinue reading “Sleep deprivation and Mental Health…”

Merry Christmas Bloggers, Readers!!!

A special thank you to all my readers and followers. Have a splendid Christmas and fabulous New Year. About LookAfterU4me LookafterU4me is a open forum which intends to help lift the stigma and shame that is associated with mental health, enabling you to live a fulfilling, life of purpose. This blog is birthed out ofContinue reading “Merry Christmas Bloggers, Readers!!!”