LIFE HACK: Getting mental health care on the NHS

LIFE HACK: Getting mental health care on the NHS

CW: NHS, poor health service, navigating a stressful health service, getting a mental illness diagnosis, mention of  suicide. Navigating bureaucratic systems, especially one such as the NHS, can be a headache. It’s an institution for the people, run by certain people. Now, anything I suggest in the following post is to be taken mildly tongue […]
Positive Masculinity

Positive Masculinity

  There’s a reason why I try my hardest in life to not have a routine or schedule – taking a break. God damn it’s hard to get back into the swing of things you want to do after a few weeks of not really doing much (apart from turning a year older, a holibob […]
Could you take over the Big Bi Fun Day?

Could you take over the Big Bi Fun Day?

Back in 2010 Sanji created and ran the first ever Big Bi Fun Day and when they stepped down I took over the reins in 2015. After 3 years I’ve realised that now, sadly, is the time for me to move on to other things. Leaving is no reflection of my enjoyment of organising the...Continue reading »
Enter the bi-osphere

Enter the bi-osphere

CW: biphobia, bierasure TW: biphobic comments, drug mention, cheating Bi related puns are gonna be my new thing. Hi. Sharing is caring, supposedly, so I thought I’d share a situation that occurred last week at a queer fundraiser for London’s first LGBT...
Oversimplifying mental illnesses: the reality of a diagnosis

Oversimplifying mental illnesses: the reality of a diagnosis

CW: Mental Health Treatment, Diagnosis, being diagnosed, Bipolar, BPD, Mental Illnesses, childhood trauma, the effects of mental illnesses, Eating Disorders TW: binge eating, self-harm, mania, emotional trauma, body image and self-worth ... Anxiety, de...