Friday, 30 December 2016

9 Years of Mentalness

The last 9 years have been interesting...

I have fit in ALL of the following.

From July 2007 to December 2016 I have...

  • Got engaged
  • Got married
  • Got divorced 
  • Had a mental breakdown
  • Lost weight
  • Went bankrupt
  • Graduated from Edinburgh Uni with a CertHE in Forensic Science and Medicine and made some life long pals
  • Produced 14 film projects with Shoogly Peg Productions and The Raw Talent Company
  • Moved house and/or office 8 times
  • Gained weight
  • Spent a year working with adults with learning disabilities
  • Mentored a young lad for 12 months to get him back on the straight and narrow
  • Graduated from Abertay Uni with an Honours Degree in forensics, psychology, criminology and biology
  • Decided Helen Raw Ltd would be easier to manage everything, so set it up
  • Took over the running of British Actors Network - a 19,000 strong acting Facebook group with plans to develop an ‘off FB’ website for the group and associated limited company
  • Accepted onto the Children’s Panel and start training towards a 2 year CertHE in the management of legal hearings
In the last 9 years, I've dealt with 4 of the 5 'most stressful life events', mostly all at the same time. Apparently, one of these will tip a normal human over the edge...all 5 at once...FUCK A DUCK ;-)
  • Divorce
  • Moving
  • Mental Breadown
  • Job Loss (worked in same school as hubby and his new woman and left to save my sanity and dignity - losing £18,000pa in one afternoon!)
  • I'm adding bankruptcy to this list cos it doesn't get much more stressful than that!
By fuck though, I'm still here.
Sending much love to all my fellow mentals xxx


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