Tag: Life

• 30 questions with JD :)

  Totes copying from an awesome blog by one of my favourite bloggers “Frog Machinery” where he interviews himself and gave us all insight into who he is as a person. In true Janet fashion, I like his idea and want to do the same. I’ll put the kettle on, you get comfortable. Let’s go! When […]

  janetdthomas77

  June 13, 2022

  Author life, books, family, Fears, food, Friends, gardening, grief, happy memories, helptheHomeless, Humour, identity, Illness, Life, loss, love, mental illness, Mindfulness, relationship advice

  30questions, anxiety, askme, authorlife, depression, Life, Relationships, writerslife

• Just…do what you can.

  

  Depression is an insidious bastard. I’m caught up in it’s awful, sticky grip right now and it makes very simple things suddenly very difficult. Like showering. Showering means I have to take off my clothes. All of them. Already I am overwhelmed at the thought of undressing. It already feels like too much to have […]

  janetdthomas77

  June 9, 2022

  Burnt out, depression, fed up, identity, Illness, Life, rest, self help, self love

  cantcope, depression, Life, mental illness, toohard, toomuch, toopainful

• Addicted to fatty, salty, sugary food.

  

  I need to stop. Please help me stop.

  janetdthomas77

  June 9, 2022

  addiction, alcohol, anxiety, cheating, food, hospital, identity, Illness

  addictions, foodaddictions, helpme, Life, mental illness, nomoreJD

• Jealousy between friends

  Because of how I’ve grown up – being ignored for the most part, I’ve learnt to compare myself instantly to everyone around me. I find myself lacking pretty much every single time. “That girl is prettier than I am” (I think that of nearly every girl I see) “That guy is so much more talented […]

  janetdthomas77

  June 8, 2022

  anxiety, Author life, books, Fears, Friends, goals, Jealousy, Life, Relationships

  authors, crimethriller, empowerment, genres, jealousofmybestie, Jealousy, Life, writers

• The Mountain I carry

  

  What is your first ever memory? Was it happy? (I pray that it was). I have blurry, far-away memories – as if I’m seeing them underwater and all the sounds and sights are fuzzy and not quite clear enough to be definite… I think I remember the hut I grew up in – in the […]

  janetdthomas77

  June 3, 2022

  anxiety, bullies, depression, family, Favouritism, Fears, identity, Life, Relationships, worth

  Favouritism, Life, painful, themountainIcarry, unfavourite, worthless

• Thankful

  I’m still in pain. Still suffering. Still uncomfortable no matter what position I sit or lay in. So instead of complaining, I’m going to tell you what I’m thankful for. I’m thankful for Alun. He’s going through a lot of grief and has his friend Dave’s funeral on the 8th June. Even so, he is […]

  janetdthomas77

  June 2, 2022

  Author life, books, family, Family Obligations, food, marriage, Mindfulness, money, Work, writing

  Life, pain, Relationships, withdrawalssuck

• Happy Memory #2

  Alun and I were moving house. I was SO EXCITED about it as the first home we moved into was something Alun chose while I was working long hours and when I saw it, my heart dropped. It was an old (VERY OLD) yellow cottage on a quiet street near a Primary school and really, […]

  janetdthomas77

  May 6, 2022

  anxiety, Burnt out, family, Fears, Friends, happy memories, Illness, kindness, Life, love, Relationships, Work

  blessed, family, friendsarelife, friendship, Life, mental illness, rainbowhouse, Relationships

• Numb little bug

  I told my friends I was struggling on Facebook (I’m very dramatic, God bless me) and that I was suicidal. I did it 1) so that if I went through with killing myself, at least the people I love had a heads up and 2) in case anyone else felt suicidal, they’d know they weren’t […]

  janetdthomas77

  May 3, 2022

  anxiety, death, depression, Fears, fed up, Grieving, identity, Illness, Life, loss, mental illness, Suicidalideations, suicide

  anxiety, depression, grief, icantbreathe, Icantgoon, Icantmoveforward, ijustwanttodieplease, Life, mental illness, suicidalandthatsok, suicide, temptedbysuicide

• A happy memory

  When I told Jon I wanted a divorce, he left our house that night and moved back in with his family. Jon was surrounded by an entire, loving family while I paced up and down in the living room on my own for months afterwards. The first few days after Jon had left, the electricity […]

  janetdthomas77

  April 29, 2022

  anxiety, cheating, depression, divorce, family, Fears, Friends, Grieving, happy memories, Illness, kindness, Life, loss, love, rest

  anapwillfixalot, anxiety, depression, friendship, friendswillliftyouup, goodfriends, Life, mental illness, Relationships, sleepisnecessary, sleepisvital, thankfulforfriends

• Facts are facts

  The worst thing about suffering with mental illness is that you can’t trust yourself. You live in a constant state of gaslighting yourself “did that really happen or did I imagine it?”. It is the worst thing to suffer from – not being able to trust your own thoughts. When I’m in the depths of […]

  janetdthomas77

  April 29, 2022

  anxiety, bullies, communication, depression, divorce, Facts are facts, Fears, Friends, grief, identity, Illness, Life, mental illness, Police

  anxiety, depression, factsarefacts, Fears, Life, mental illness, mentalhealth, Relationships