Plants are incredible for improving mood. I personally discovered this by chance. 7 years ago I was very unwell, but I purchased a few plants. All I can say is: “Wow”. Back then and to this day, they have continued to help me chill, distract me from awful thoughts, and give me focus.

I used to drink. I wasn’t supposed to drink because of my epilepsy. I knew that I wouldn’t sleep well afterward and really knew that I might as well scream from the rooftops "Give me a seizure, darling!”.

The night before last I had an epileptic seizure. It was the first focal-aware seizure that I’d had in a few months, and I was scared. Hey, the seizure could have been heaps worse, but I was scared that it would develop into a tonic-clonic seizure.

Time and again, week after week, I hear of comments such as “You have no reason to be depressed”, or “You should count yourself lucky, look at the starving children out there.”. Now, this is nuts and a clear expression of ignorance.

Sometimes people presume: “She’s typed this piece, she is fine!”. Do you know that many people with mental illnesses can appear fine one moment and quite the opposite the next?