It’s quite beautiful poetry that Mental Health Awareness Day lies in the heart of the Dyspraxia Awareness Week; personally speaking one of the core difficulties of dyspraxia is the fact mental health issues have a heavy impact on us. Self-esteem is brittle and we can easily lose faith when we get knocked back. Also anxiety … Read more
2018 2018 has been a mixed bag with both negative and positive points. I guess the best way I can describe it is that this year has been a very real and grounded year. Recently… Over the last month things have become quite hectic, what it being the holiday season and all can’t exactly come … Read more
Recently my positivity has been all over the place. Within a week, I had gone from extreme negativity to extreme positivity and back down to negativity again. This happened several times over for no clear reason. It doesn’t help that there have been a fair few big social events going on recently that has caused me intense … Read more
“But sometimes when you have a little raincloud in your head a sad poem can help give the raincloud a little hug and make a nice happy rainbow!” ~ Sayori I have added a new character into my potential character list. Because you know what? I think Sayori from Doki Doki Literature Club! could have … Read more
A return to blogging It’s been a while since my last official post and I was planning on coming back sooner. However a blend of situations have happened (both negative and positive). But with all that aside I was finally able to complete this blog post that I’ve been planning and promising. Toxic People To … Read more
I love analogies! I use analogies, similes, and metaphors a lot, mostly in my written projects but occasionally when I talk as well. Explaining situations or a certain topic is something I can find difficult at times and so if I can make a comparison it gets my thoughts across much clearer and easier. These … Read more
Inspiration is the main focus here, but this post is going to be very different and unusual from what I usually do. The people who give us inspiration There are people who give us inspiration and help us with difficult times. Sometimes it is people in our own lives – I’ve talked before about the … Read more
Pokémon has been a franchise that’s been going for over 20 years, and with the launch of Pokémon Go it brought it back into the limelight, both for positive and negative reasons. I did a chapter on Pokémon Go for my ‘Dyspraxia and Gaming‘ page, but I have decided to move its content to a post … Read more
The drawbacks have finally lead to something… Change happens on a regular basis and it is something we have to face and accept. Sometimes it’s in our control, but for the most part, it isn’t and sometimes we’re given a choice in the matter, but it could be none of the options are good and it’s … Read more
Introduction: The awareness begins In 1987 the Dyspraxia Trust was set up – this was because that there was nothing in place to help or support people with the condition. Awareness was scarce. 30 years on, a name change in the process and the Dyspraxia Foundation is still going, committed to helping as many people as … Read more