Hello to all you beautiful people.

Welcome to my Blog. I am JT and I have depression, anxiety and Fibromyalgia…along with a host of other mental health issues and some trauma from life experiences. BUT, that is not who I am, it is merely a factor of what formed me and informs some of my reactions and hesitations day to day.

I love reading, writing, watching films and binge-watching TV programs. I prefer fantasy over reality but love a good historical drama. I have a fascination with true crime documentaries and have a certificate qualification in Criminal Psychology and Behavioural analysis. I also have a masters degree in English Literature where my dissertation was situated around the strength of women in Shakespeare’s plays. (OK so this is starting to sound more like a personal statement for a CV).

I enjoy playing the occasional bored game, PC game and console game. Strategy, puzzle, escape type games are my preference, although that is very dependant on how bad my brain fog is at the time (Thanks Fibro, you make my life so easy). When my brain is bad, I will zone out for hours watching trash TV, playing sudoku or doing jigsaws or Lego.

That is me in a tiny nut-shell, so what is this blog going to be about?

Well, this blog is going to be me talking about the moments in my day where my very clever, sneaky brain comes up with unique and creative ways to torture me or attempt to drown me in madness. Sometimes this can be horrendous. Hours of repeated attacks of anxiety fuelled obsessive thoughts. Sometimes it can be the most annoying 5 minutes where I am convinced someone hates me or I have done something awful. Sometimes though, sometimes, when the right combination of brain fog and exhaustion hit, sometimes there are little gems of hilarity.

I want to invite you all to join me in exploring the different moments of my brain’s creativity, be it happy, sad or destructive, and perhaps open the floor for conversations to take place about what is “normal” and what is “abnormal” about the thoughts. I am a firm believer that everything is normal really, and that it is a matter of perspective. Just because one person thinks one way and another thinks another, that doesn’t make either person wrong. It can be a difference of experience, health, lifestyle, up-bringing, circumstance, family, friends, anything and everything can create a departure in thought between two people. I want to put my experiences out there to that you lovely people can find similarities or discuss why those thoughts differ to yours.

Please note, I am not a qualified professional, I will not provide advise other than to say what has worked or not worked for me. Every one reacts differently to everything so please do not take anything I say as anything other than my opinion.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy this little blog. Please be safe, be kind and be thoughtful.

JT and Brain.