because you said

Because you said “I was joking! Stop being so stupid”                                                 It wasn’t a joke and it wasn’t funny. Because, you said “That’s life, deal with it”            …

New Year… New Me?

So, this is my first written post of the year 2017. I've posted about it on various forms of social media. FB/Instagram mainly. But since my last post, I had a social media hiatus. Essentially, the goal was to find me, to find Ashlee! As typical, generic and probably overdone that may sound. But I needed…

Recovery, Social Work & Positivity

I've recently been pondering the concept of studying social work while in recovery. Before I started my social work degree in 2013 I had been diagnosed with severe depression, GAD (Generalised Anxiety Disorder), severe stress, PSTD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) and Anorexia Nervosa (with bulimic tendencies) with bouts of self-harm. Prior to starting my degree, and…