Mental Health and Wellbeing

I am very fond of music, classical music especially, so I like following live performances (now that they are back) by musicians I know already or am hearing for the first time.

The connection can be to the musicians themselves and also to the audience.

I like to spread the news to others about performances and to give feedback.

I suffer from mania, psychosis and depression. I used to drink and smoke as my coping outlet until my health deteriorated.
I still try to manage my mental health on a daily basis as I know I have to work with the medication that I am taking.

I struggle everyday to do the basic normal things like getting out of bed as I have problems sleeping and I find it hard to stay awake during the afternoons and suffer from Chronic Pain. I have a degenerative disc disease.
I get tearful now and again as I am fed up of feeling the way I do I want to be normal. I rarely contact the crisis team as I feel stupid.

I started writing blogs on the Medium platform about subjects of my illness and techniques that I use and now have my own website called The Scripture of Balance for Mental, Emotional and Spiritual Health. https://scriptureofbalance.co.uk/ I wanted others to know that they are not alone on this battlefield.

I put my website links on my platforms, LinkedIn and I created a Facebook group for the Scripture of Balance. I have also published an E-book and paperback called 'Let's Talk - My Journey to Sanity' available on Amazon. This book too me a long time to write and is dedicated to my Beloved Father who I lost from cancer.

I am participating in some voluntary work for Newham, as a befriender, and also a Patient Representative for the North East London Cancer Alliance which both combined is a couple hours a week as that is all I am capable of at this time.

Countryside woodland and green belt is good for mental health including catching glimpses of wildlife animals. I'm worried that the open spaces will vanish because local councils keep putting in housing developments. Wildlife habitat is been destroyed on a daily basis. Wildlife animals will be pushed to extinction. Illegal immigrants are causing these issues . Thousands upon thousands have arrived in the UK by dingy boat Which means more homes are needed to be built. The United Kingdom is overpopulated as it is. How many more people can we take in? In a 100 years time green belt woodland and countryside won't exist nether will wildlife animals. It's depressing just even thinking about it. The government should get a grip on immigration