mental health Archives - emilydiscovers

25 May 2020

Discovering I Have Vaginismus [NSFW]

I must start this blog by saying that it's taken me a very long time to drum up the confidence to write this blog! Over the past two years, I have felt lots of shame and embarrassment about the whole topic of vaginismus. It's extremely difficult for me to talk about it - even now I can feel myself starting to choke up as I'm thinking about the subject. And it's not even like I'm uncomfortable talking about sex - in fact, I've always talked openly about sex with my friends and family in the past. However, when[...]

31 Dec 2019

Lifestyle

My Goals for 2020

I am not one for new year's resolutions as I think they are pointless. I'm sure most people have heard about the study which says only 80% people actually achieve their new year's resolution! However, I always like to have goals to work towards. That's why I have written a list of things I would like to master in 2020: Find a workout I enjoy and do it more.I'll be honest I'm such a couch potato. There's nothing I prefer than getting home, chucking on my pyjamas and getting into bed to watch YouTube. It's an[...]

29 Dec 2019

Lifestyle

Did I Achieve my Goals for 2019?

At the end of 2018 (Gosh it feels weird to say that!), I wrote up a list of goals that I had for the new year. Now that twelve months have passed, I thought I would share my progress on these goals and what I will be continuing with in 2020... Get a tattoo - Achieved. For the longest time I wanted to get a very specific tattoo and I had put it off for ages because I was so nervous. However, my sister turned 18 in June and she decided that she also wanted a tattoo. It was getting to October and I realised I[...]

08 Dec 2019

Body Positivity

How to Be Body Positive After Significant Weight Gain!

No matter what size you are, significant weight gain can be particularly difficult if you're still learning to love yourself. Maybe for some the idea of gaining weight doesn't bother them but for me, I really struggle - which is crazy because I try to be as body positive as possible. At the moment, I am the heaviest I have ever been and I'm struggling to cope with the way my body has changed. My stomach is a lot larger than I'm used to and my double chin has grown a lot, which I really notice in photos. Gi[...]

22 Oct 2019

Featured, Lifestyle, Mental Health

The Story Behind My First Tattoo

WARNING - Discussions of mental health; particularly anxiety, depression and suicide. At the beginning of 2019, I decided that one of my goals for the year was to get a tattoo. After all, I had been considering getting one since I was about sixteen but what I was getting had chopped and changed. First I wanted a compass to represent the changing directions my life was going in - what can I say, I was a troubled teen! Then, at about 18 years old, I was totally considering getting the lyrics to my favo[...]