Navigating Adulthood – One Obsessive Thought at a Time
Rewritten from 17 March 2019 - formerly 2 Years On 17 March 2017, I had my final session of high-intensity CBT after previously being diagnosed with OCD. My OCD was largely contamination based, but I also experienced intrusive thoughts around harming others, as well as health-anxiety related compulsions (long story short, I had major health… Continue reading Six Years On: The Ups and Downs (but Mainly the Downs) of OCD Recovery
Yes, she’s still back on this shit. Let me elaborate. Back in 2019, when I first launched my blog, one of my key posts was my 30 Before 30 list - pretty self explanatory. Following the absolute shitshow that was 2020, me just generally being lazy and having no self-belief, I ended up revising that… Continue reading 30 Now I’m 30
Today has been a shitty day. After a few (okay, a lot of) drinks last night, I started crying, and I don’t remember stopping. I just remember waking up this morning, feeling tired, drained, and empty. Most days I consider my biggest achievement getting out of bed. Today was one of those days. It took… Continue reading The First Christmas
Ask anyone who’s gone through a bereavement - grief makes you do some weird things. Iwasn’t particularly aware of that fact myself though. At least not until it actually happened tome. Looking back over the last few months, it was clear that grief had me doing a few thingsthat to the outsider may have seemed… Continue reading Look What You Made Me Do: Random and Just Plain Weird Things I’ve Done as a Result of Grief
Working in the job I do, I’ve seen a lot recently about Dying Matters’ #IRemember campaign. The campaign is running from 7-13 November and provides us with a chance to share memories and stories of loved ones we’ve lost. Different cultures and faiths all over the world have their own ways of remembering and honouring… Continue reading I Remember
If you’ve been following my grief-riddled blogs in the last couple of months, you’ll have probably seen me mention my Grief Playlist. If it’s not that obvious, it’s a playlist I put together in the early days of losing my dad, and it’s a whole bunch of songs that essentially sum up how utterly shite… Continue reading My Grief Playlist – Songs About Losing Someone That Will Get You Right in the Feels
Hello. Welcome to another edition of Sassy Cat Lady - The Grief Diaries. Not that that’s the official title, but I just wanted a subtle way to warn you that I’m still shrouded in my massive grief bubble, so my dark, self-loathing humour and thirsting over Paul Mescal is still on a bit of a… Continue reading Everything I Miss
CW - This post contains strong language and discussions of grief and loss. Hello. How is everyone? We have lots to catch up on. I’m not sure if this is to be my big re-entrance into blogging. I’m not even sure it’s going to be any form of re-entrance. I just wanted to address my… Continue reading May
February is such a short month but I’ve still managed to get through four books. Annoyingly, it would have probably been more had I not struggled so much with one of them towards the end of the month, but I guess the lesson to be learned there is that maybe I need to start giving… Continue reading February 2022 Reading Wrap Up
March 2022 will mark five years since I was discharged from the mental health service after undergoing high-intensity CBT for OCD. A lot has changed in those five years - I’ve bought a house, I’ve changed jobs, I’ve gotten tattoos, I’ve spent two years living through a pandemic - you know, usual life stuff. I… Continue reading 3 Lessons I’ve Learned in My OCD Recovery
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