MEMOIRS OF A LOOKED AFTER CHILD

I’ve been through a lot in my life – and it shows. At 21 years old with no family and little to my name, I’m certainly living life on the...

Debbie, your dying wish was for your story to be told. For years, I avoided doing so, in the belief that those words should only come fro...

*Deep breath*...guarantors!!! Anyone that keeps up with my Twitter account will know the whirlwind I have been dealing with just to get w...

Some days I do good, other days not so much. Today is one of those other days. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not falling to pieces or writing o...

Trigger warning: this post briefly speaks about sexual assault Music is a very interesting thing. Just a few simple notes can be enough t...

COVID-19 has certainly presented the world with an odd and extremely inconvenient situation to say the least. It feels apocalyptic. Busy ...

One thing not many people know about me is that I have an eating disorder. I say this very lightly as I am no where near what I used to b...

There’s someone I haven’t spoken about yet. Her name is Debbie. She will always be my inspiration and my hero. It’s hard trying to put th...

I never realise how the abuse I went through as a child impacts my behaviours. When you’ve been subjected to this same maltreatment since...

The day I nearly died was the day that shaped the rest of my future. It was an interesting day, I had woken up in the state that I was do...

I often struggle to process my emotions – both good and bad. I get this feeling of being so overwhelmed and I don’t know how to deal with...

I was initially avoiding making a post like this. I had the idea to create my blog before COVID-19 but, as soon as we all got imprisoned ...

PTSD: it’s a funny thing. I had just come from a relaxed evening at an organisation’s office I do some work with. They call the sessions ...

Whilst I am struggling with my traumas recently, my sister is obsessing over a new guy. She lives her life almost untouched – though not ...

Hello and welcome everyone who wanders here! My name is Casey. I am 20 years old at the time of writing this. You may have guessed that I...