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Most Vulnerable
As the afternoon turned into evening my commentary began....
That's the doctors closing.
That's the pharmacy shut.

Claire Wortley
Apr 8, 20213 min read


Me & Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
My first official experience of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) was a group session around 8 years ago. My doctor had referred me to...

Claire Wortley
Nov 1, 20205 min read


Meet Anxiety aka Little Miss What If?
What if I can't get up?
What if I'm too tired to get through the day?

Claire Wortley
Sep 29, 20204 min read


Anxiety - if you wanted to, you could pull yourself out of it, right?
It was as if time stopped and I was stuck in this one moment.

Claire Wortley
Sep 3, 20203 min read


You shouldn't feel that way!
Gone are the days of adults towering over children dismissing their feelings and needs so why should it be any different for adults?

Claire Wortley
Jul 31, 20203 min read


Believe it or not.....
It's been over a month since my last blog and what a month it has been! Some days it felt like the world is the most dangerous place to...

Claire Wortley
Jul 24, 20204 min read


Awareness or too aware?
Yesterday, as I drove home from seeing a friend, I realised I felt low. To break it down , I was agitated, unsettled and fed up. I...

Claire Wortley
Feb 4, 20203 min read


Do you want to feel good?
I have discovered something when it comes to feeling good, it takes practice! I'll try to explain what I mean…… If I'm feeling upset in...

Claire Wortley
Nov 9, 20193 min read


World Mental Health Day
Well being is about being educated, changing lifestyles and talking about where we get stuck be it mentally or physically.

Claire Wortley
Oct 10, 20193 min read


Am I a BAD person?
Last night I was watching the joyful soap that is EastEnders and I was seriously triggered. Ian Beale's son,16 year old Bobbie was...

Claire Wortley
Sep 20, 20193 min read


Flawed!!! But they can fix you!
Recently, on Social Media, I saw a snippet from Matt Haig's book 'Reasons to stay alive' and it got me thinking. I have read the book but...

Claire Wortley
Sep 20, 20194 min read


What Attitude?
The first time I was told to find things I was grateful for I was totally pissed off! Why? Because being grateful felt impossible!

Claire Wortley
Jul 21, 20193 min read


Loss or lost?
Deep down, where I rarely go, it's there, the sense that something is missing and it makes me sad.

Claire Wortley
Jul 10, 20193 min read


WTF?????!!!!
What the F*&kis going on? Seriously? I get my sh*t together and then someone who seriously needs to get their sh*t together totally...

Claire Wortley
Jun 27, 20193 min read


Too Much ? Seed Cycling
Seed Cycling , med reduction

Claire Wortley
Jun 13, 20192 min read


Shy
Ok who of you out there is shy? I am!! Well until I know you I'm very quiet. Apparently once I do get to know people I don't shut up...

Claire Wortley
May 20, 20191 min read


Anxiety LIES
At this exact moment I am sitting on the bed, in my parents house, where I planned to take my own life several years ago! Anxiety told me...

Claire Wortley
Mar 17, 20192 min read


Procrastination
'I'll do that today but later on.' Sound familiar? ''I'll do such and such but not right now. Maybe after a cuppa? I'll not do that...

Claire Wortley
Mar 3, 20192 min read


Agitated :-z
OMG! I am so tetchy right now. I don't know if it's the reduced meds or what but I could scream or shout!! It could be the mess from the...

Claire Wortley
Feb 17, 20191 min read


Not Good Enough
I don't know about you but I frequently have to fight off feelings and thoughts that I am not good enough. This is one particular gremlin...

Claire Wortley
Feb 17, 20193 min read
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