I love running. I started running properly earlier in the year and quickly caught the bug. I began a running streak that lasted 34 days, did a few races, and caught the racing bug too. Then I got a bit overenthusiastic about beating a 10K PB and buggered my knees. In the end, I took… Continue reading Ankle Sprains and Sad Brains
Author: Hello Sophie
Twenty-something university dropout. Passionate about food, fiction, social justice, mental health and body positivity.
Goodbye Instagram
I joined Instagram sometime around 2012, I think. I can't tell you exactly when because I don't have access to my Instagram account right now. It's out in the void of the lost internet, absent from access, until curiosity possibly gets the better of me and I reactivate my account - currently I have no… Continue reading Goodbye Instagram
Winter is Coming
Last week I told my occupational therapist that I'm worried I'm starting to get the winter blues. I told her how it's only September and I'm already trying to shut out the dark; how I hide from it by closing my curtains as soon as I get home from work and do my best to… Continue reading Winter is Coming
Hope
This is about hope and happiness and good things. It might seem like this isn't a happy story in places, but I promise it is. Tomorrow, it will be a whole year since I was admitted to hospital. I'd been in a severe depressive episode for six months and didn't see a way back from… Continue reading Hope
Conversations with… Thomas Wolfe
Thomas Wolfe is a 25 year old spoken word poet from London. Thomas shares his journey into writing and performing poetry and the influence that experiencing depression has had on his work. How long have you been writing poetry? About 10 years. I started out writing hip-hop and then moved onto poetry when I was… Continue reading Conversations with… Thomas Wolfe
