My journey to managing my mental illness…

May is mental health awareness month.

I want to tell my story, what being mentally ill feels like and why its not always easy to get help and recover to the point where you can cope with your daily life.

Recovery isn’t linear this is my story to getting help with my Mental Health.

If you are struggling here are a few resources:

- Call your GP.

- https://www.mind.org.uk/

- https://www.samaritans.org/wales/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/

- https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/addiction-support/drug-addiction-getting-help/

- https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/

Rebecca

Neurodivergent and Proud

My journey to getting help… May is mental health awareness month. I want to tell my story, what being mentally ill feels like and why its not always easy to get help and recover to the point where you can cope with your daily life. Recovery isn’t linear this is my story to getting help with my Mental Health. If you are struggling here are a few resources:

- Call your GP.

- https://www.mind.org.uk/

- https://www.samaritans.org/wales/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/

- https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/addiction-support/drug-addiction-getting-help/

- https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/

Rebecca

Neurodivergent and Proud

“To ‘mask’ or to ‘camouflage’ means to hide or disguise parts of oneself in order to better fit in with those around you. It is an unconscious strategy all humans develop whilst growing up in order to connect with those around us.” -Dr Hannah Belcher. My journey to understanding what is masking, what does it mean to me, to learn how to drop that mask for my mental health. As well as accepting the benefits.

Communication can be one of the most confusing things to many neurodivergent individuals. It isn't as simple as we would like it to be. For over 18 years I thought the only way people communicate by the words they spoke... I was wrong... https://beheardcommunications.com/communication-it-s-not-just-words #communication #lifeskills #autsim #neurodivergent

Autism in Women - a topic that is close to me.

I was diagnosed with ASD in 2019 at the age of 18 after a mental health crisis. Why it presents differently and why it matters.

Be Heard is my passion project mentoring, training and advocating for neurodivergent individuals and workplaces.

Take a look at my website: https://beheardcommunications.com/

#autsim #ASD #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #disability #autisminwomen

I get told often what "I'm sorry" or "I feel sorry for you" which has always confused me and I could never understand why. I am not ashamed of who I am. No I didn't choose my medical and neurodivergent conditions but they make me who I am. These are my reasons why I don't want people to feel sorry for me. https://beheardcommunications.com/the-problem-with-i-m-sorry

When receiving a neurodivergent diagnosis you can be overwhelming depending on the age of the child for the parent or for the individual themselves as an adult. We are told what we aren't good at or what we are deficient in. What if when an individual who gets diagnosed with a neurodivergent condition, that before we tell people what they are struggle with we give them a list/report of what they can do and do extremely well. #autsim #disability #disabilitypride #diagnosis #neurodivergent #neurodiversity #different #education