by Kirsty | Jun 23, 2014 | Carer, Mental Health, Parents
I’ve done lots of hard things in my life, physically, emotionally and mentally. Physically, giving birth to three children is far from easy. Emotionally, dealing with multiple diagnoses for two of those children has been more than difficult. And mentally, coming...
by Kirsty | Mar 7, 2014 | Autism, Carer, Parents, Special Needs
It’s been a tough week. Actually, it’s been a tough few weeks which has culminated in this crazy motherf***er of a week. Yes, I virtually swore then. That probably best highlights just how overwhelmed I’m feeling right now. My motto this week has been “just keep...
by Kirsty | Jun 18, 2013 | Carer, Mental Health, Parents, Relationships
I wrote a post a few years back, Maintaining my Mental Health, which was a post I wrote about my own warning signs and what I need to do when I recognise my mental health slipping. It has stood me well over the years and I still read over it from time to time to...
by Kirsty | Dec 5, 2011 | Autism, Special Needs
I found out today that a well respected, popular and active part of our local autism community took their own life over the weekend. I didn’t know this person personally but we were mutual members of several local autism facebook groups and I had attended a few...
