Mental Health BLOG | shonadarlingdaly

Catching some CUTE at Somerset House

What springs to mind when you think of the word cute? Doe eyed, docile, fluffy and small? Or perhaps you think of something a little more...

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Feb 4, 20243 min read

'The dream is to come back in my next life as a dog' I said to the elderly gentleman as he walked his cute pup in the park. 'Knowing my...

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Jan 19, 20223 min read

The quiet roads were quite beautiful during lockdown. As though the city's population had dropped to apocalyptic lows. Red lights at...

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Mar 16, 20213 min read

I took on a bit of weekend work in my friends lovely cafe a couple of years ago, living alone is sorely expensive so extra pennies were...

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Feb 22, 20216 min read

I appreciated much about the first lockdown. But, it became real hard to keep head above water this winter. Physically, financially and...

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Feb 21, 20214 min read

‘You must be really hungry?’ was something that so many people said to me during my 15 years of suffering from both Anorexia and Bulimia....

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Sep 6, 20202 min read

A question or comment I always got from people when I was in the grips of both Anorexia and Bulimia was this; ‘Why don’t you just eat...

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Aug 2, 20204 min read

'Isn’t it just vanity, and attention seeking?’ I was often asked when I was ill. Unfortunately I think eating disorders are still...

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Jul 19, 20203 min read

Maybe there was a collective energy in the air, manifested by the masses, for our world to slow the f**k down, and become still for a...

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Jul 5, 20204 min read

Every time I have moved house, jokes are had about the volume of fashion magazines I insist on bringing with me. Teetering piles, stacked...

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Jun 21, 20204 min read

I made a mistake. It took many, many years to recover from my eating disorder. It took me a really long time. That wasn’t the mistake...

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Jun 7, 20204 min read