About Writing to Heal

My name is Helena. I’m a fairly ordinary person trying to make sense of the world. I am a teacher married to a vicar and we have two children. I’ve just turned 40 years old and may or may not be having a mid-life crisis. Either way, I have decided that writing about feelings is a positive and healthy thing; particularly in these confusing and isolating times. I’ve struggled in the past with expressing vocally how I feel. Writing has always been my way of channelling this. Some say I do this half-decently. I don’t have any specific aspirations for the blog – other than for it to be an emotional outlet. If something of what I write resonates with you and helps you, then I’ll be glad. I know I’ve been uplifted and validated by other writers. I’ll talk about feelings a lot; what I find funny, what I find frustrating and what I find interesting. I’m a Christian, and whilst I don’t pretend to be some amazing super-spiritual, super-connected biblical scholar, my faith is a massive part of who I am and I will talk about it often. I won’t apologise for that. I’m a high-functioning depressive; sometimes I’m sad, sometimes I’m not. I’m not ashamed of this. It doesn’t make me a freak or unstable. My experience of living with depression will also feature often. It needs to be spoken about more. Read my posts if you like. If you don’t want to, that’s fine as well. I’ll continue writing anyway 🙂