Happy 4 year anniversary to Pokémon Go! Woo! You may remember from my Pokémon Go blog before that it has helped me massively with my mental health and socialising. At the end of the blog I mention it helped me connect with someone when I started a new job and soon became genuine friends, not […]
Welcome to the first monthly mental health book review. As someone who isn’t an avid reader, and is quite slow when I do, I really am keen to get some self help books under my belt this year. So why not start in the midst of a global pandemic, when anxieties are at their height. […]
It was 9th April when I bought Animal Crossing New Horizons. I had never played it before and thought I may as well see what all the fuss is about. 1 month later I’ve ploughed 125+ hours in to it. It’s fab game and I thought I’d share 50 tips and pieces of advice to […]
For years now I’ve been interested and curious of the world of TRPGs (Tabletop Role Playing Games) such as Dungeons and Dragons. I never played as a kid but as I got older (and geekier) the curiosity grew in me. Then a couple of weeks ago I saw a sponsored post on Facebook (finally, they […]
In 1994 A Nightmare on Elm Street was 10 years old and I was 9. The local video shop allowed underage kids to rent out 15 & 18 certificate films as long as we ‘had a note’ from our parents. In short they generally didn’t care who they rented what to as long as they […]
Sunday was international women’s day. I wanted to take this opportunity to celebrate 6 successful women who have suffered with various mental health issues. We can take hope and inspiration from all these women who have been the voice for many of us, when we have needed it and couldn’t find it ourselves. Ruby Wax […]
If you’re like me you find exercising and work outs in general pretty hateful and full of dread, and procrastination. BLEUGH! But, alas, hold up, woah there and worry thee not! I have found some ways to make them more interesting, bearable and dare I say it..fun?! These geeky exercise examples are ones I have […]
The very first convention I attended was back in 2003 at Collectormania. Matt and I went, he met Kristanna Loken and David Naughton and I met Corey Feldman. It was a tiny little convention then, and held at the shopping centre, not in the football ground. Fast forward 10 years, we had been to a […]
I would like (if I may*) to spread some light-hearted and happiness in a positive post this week. So, I’m going to talk about random acts of kindness. Specifically, the random acts of kindness I’ve been up to. I’ll also share some exciting examples you can try for cheap, or free to share your love […]
Introduction This week’s Guest Blog spot has kindly been written by an old friend of mine, Barry. This covers the subjects of his anxiety, depression and Asperger’s syndrome diagnosis as a child and the fact he only came to terms with the acknowledgement and acceptance of these diagnosis as an adult. Barry has poured his […]