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I AM worth it! And so are YOU!

27th March 202317th October 2017 by Emilie Marie

Guest post by Sheleen from the blog dansmapeau.co.uk

How is it possible to care for someone else, if you can’t even take care of yourself?!

This is something I hear people saying all the time. I just didn’t get it! What do you mean take care of myself?! I’m a selfless person, I give. That’s just what I do. I don’t do me I do them.

Yeah right! Until the point where I completely burnt myself out. Maybe it’s part of the reason I became ill myself. Thinking that the people I was looking after came before me.

How depression can mess with your love life and how to stop it from happening

3rd January 202128th September 2017 by Emilie Marie

Has depression ever impacted your love life? Have you ever met someone amazing, that one person that seems to be ticking all of your boxes, but for some strange reason out of the blue you start panicking? That horrible internal voice kicks in and tells you that you don’t deserve that person. That person is too good for you. That person is too amazing. You are not playing in the same league. And if you persevere you are going to get hurt. Because why would someone so amazing want to be with insecure you?

How I quit smoking and why it has helped me fight depression

6th December 20203rd July 2017 by Emilie Marie

Everybody knows smoking is bad for you. But apparently it’s even worse for you when you have depression.

Recent research suggests that smoking increases risk of depression because nicotine damages certain pathways in the brain that regulate mood. As a result, nicotine may trigger mood swings.