Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Things I Have Learnt Working in Mental Health

- Some people don't have empathy. Nothing is ever their fault. If you got hit, that's down to you.

- The mind is a brilliantly scary thing, unique to each person and sometimes impossible to understand.

- Patience is a virtue.

- Stick and stones...

- Everyone needs to feel important.

- Sometimes big men are scared of small spiders.

- Sometimes it's hard.

- Know your exits.

- You can't fix something alone.

- I don't do blood. Ever.

- Routine is easy and sometimes hard to overcome.

 - Medication does help.

- Anything is a potential weapon.

- He who talks the loudest is usually the most irritating.

- If someone is angry at you, it is not usually you which is the problem.

- There is such a thing as the wrong place at the wrong time.

- Know when to be assertive and when to leave things be.

- Talking can sometimes be the best therapy.

- Your history makes you.

- Everyone needs time out.

- Strength is useful.

- Don't judge a book by its cover.

- Listen to your instinct. It's there for a reason. If something doesn't feel right, then it's probably not.

- When required, nip it in the bud.

- Hate is a very real thing.

- People think differently. What's OK to you may not be OK to someone else.

- Self-expression comes in many different forms.

Monday, 29 September 2014

Notes to my Teenage Self

- School is rubbish, but that goes away. Life changes. You change. Learn what you can whilst you can.

- Parents aren't always right. Sometimes they get angry and frustrated like you do, because they too are only human.

- Remain patient. If you become otherwise, blame no-one but yourself.

- Don't judge anyone, you don't know their journey.

- Some people are born bad.

- Don't try to understand everything, some things you'll never understand.

- Stay creative. Keep writing.

- Dance like your Dad.

- Family comes first.

- It's OK to let go sometimes.

- Be yourself, people will love you for it.

- Listen to lots of music.

- Meet lots of people.

- Don't be afraid to talk.

- Teachers are sometimes bullies.

- Get outside, don't stay indoors.

- The world is overwhelmingly narcissistic. Don't be that way.

- Sometimes things will be taken away from you and you won't know why. It's OK.

- One day, someone will blow you away.

- You don't have to look like everyone else.

- You can love someone and still let them go.

- You will have other best friends.

- What you're learning in school is sometimes more social than academic.

- You get good material writing when you're sad or angry.

- You don't have to decide what you want to be at 18. You don't have to go to Uni, you learn just as much travelling, and it's more fun.

- Things have this way of balancing out, sometimes bad things happen for a reason.