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Sit With Britt, Manchester (2025)

09/07/2025

Your Trauma Matters. ❤️‍🩹

Trauma impacts the brain significantly, in particular, emotional regulation, memory and your nervous/stress response system.
The changes can lead to various symptoms, for example: heightened anxiety, increased alertness to threats and triggers, self-blame, avoidance.

🫶🏼 Practicing self-care, such as, getting ample amount of sleep, eating well, and engaging in enjoyable activities can support with your wellbeing and help rebuild your foundation.

🫶🏼 Therapy/Counselling is a beneficial form of support, especially trauma-informed support. Methods of counselling that is recommended for trauma can include, EMDR, Trauma-Focused CBT, DBT and DBR.

🫶🏼 Mindfulness and Relaxation can support with calming the nervous system and reduce stress from deep breathing and grounding techniques.

🫶🏼 Neuroplasticity: this term suggests that the brain has an ability to recognise itself by forming new neural connections to support with recovery, to develop new, healthier patterns.

Your trauma does not define you. Healing isn’t about forgetting what happened — it’s about reclaiming your power, rewriting your story, and learning to feel safe in your own skin again. You are not broken — you are surviving, growing, and becoming whole ❤️‍🩹

06/07/2025

Domestic Abuse/Violence isn’t always ‘obvious’ and can affect people and families in many different ways.

Abuse is not always physical, and can look like:
❗️threatening self-harm/su***de to manipulate you
❗️forcing/pressuring you into sexual activity
❗️constant criticism or humiliation
❗️gaslighting you to make you doubt your memory/sanity

Please take some time to read my selected myth busters. It is important to acknowledge that domestic abuse is not the victim/survivors fault, and that children can be seen as victims too.

The shame isn’t yours to carry.
The trauma isn’t your fault.
Your story matters — and support is available 💜

02/06/2025

🏳️‍🌈✨ Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈✨

June is all about celebrating Pride and you! Celebrating you could look like your identity, your journey, and your truth.

It is important to honour strength, resilience and love within the LGBTQIA+ community, not just throughout June, but everyday! ❤️

Self discovery can look like exploring your identity, seeking support, and navigating challenges. Everybody deserves happiness, respect and no judgement. ✨🌈

02/05/2025

May is

Throughout this month, there will be a lot of content, and conversations from individuals and organisations around the UK encouraging people to reach out for support around their mental health. Our mental health is connected to everything we do in our daily lives, everything we do. Mental health is a part of our physical health and relationships. Mental health has a part in our memories and moments, and day to day life.

Mental health has plenty of stigmatisation from the public, yourself and structure. Judgements and stereotypes are made by the public, often this is fuelled by misinformation and fear. From this, there can be internalised negative beliefs about an individuals mental health, increasing feelings of shame and embarrassment. Structures such as policies and laws can create barriers for people with mental health issues, being discriminatory.

If you feel you are struggling, reach out for support. Have a look at what free services are available to you in your local area.

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30/04/2025

Body Positivity 💃🏻❤️‍🩹

The weather is changing, it’s becoming hot and sunny, so that means we need to look a certain way, right? We’re seeing all over social media the pressure to ‘look a certain way’ for summer. ‘We must go on a diet.’ ‘We must not show our scars, stretch marks, cellulite, body fat…’
This is a common perception many people can have and struggle with all year round, but sometimes when summer is coming.

On today’s post, I’m hoping to empower and inspire people to gain a healthy perception and increase body positivity❣️

Children, teens and adults and all genders, can experience negative body image and this has a significant impact on their mental and physical health. There is an overwhelming pressure surrounding appearance which can come from social media culture, bullying, and emotional abuse, for example.

Did you know…

❤️‍🩹 66% of children feel negatively about their body image most of the time.

❤️‍🩹 Research has shown that body dissatisfaction is connected to a poorer quality of life, psychological distress, increased anxiety levels, depression and eating disorders.

❤️‍🩹 Women are most likely to report being unhappy with their body, boys and men are affected by negative body image too.

Here are some tips on how to build your body positivity❣️

💃🏻 Comparing your body to others can be harmful because it can lead to depression, and setting unrealistic standards for yourself. Embracing your body, and possibly changing who you follow on social media to those who have a similar body type to you could build your confidence and help you embrace yourself.

💃🏻 Focusing on things you like about yourself is important. Beauty is more than just your physical looks, it’s your personality, your style, your achievements. This can encourage you to see a bigger picture about your beauty.

💃🏻 Practicing positive affirmations such as, ‘I treat my body with love and compassion,’ ‘I am learning to love my body fully,’ and ‘I’m accepting myself as I am right now.’ This can help increase a positive perception and change negative self talk to positive self talk!

Be kind to yourself ❤️‍🩹

14/04/2025

Reflecting on , how do you start your morning? 🌅

How you start your morning could make a big difference in the way you feel about the day, increasing a positive perspective and building your self-esteem.

Positive affirmations are encouraging and positive statements that are used to challenge negative thoughts to increase a positive perspective. Positive affirmations is a tool you can use to boost your self-esteem and reduce anxiety.

Research shows that positive affirmations have a link to brain chemistry by promoting positive thinking. This happens through strengthening neutral neurological pathways and activating the brain’s reward system (positive reinforcement). By changing negative self talk to positive, this reduces cortisol (stress hormone) and its responses, and increasing motivation.

Here are some for you to try, to get you started! 🧠

07/04/2025

April is Stress Awareness Month, and while stress is not a mental health disorder, it is still linked and can cause poor mental health, and poor mental health can cause stress. A negative cycle.

Here are some myths that should be busted 🚨on this post today!

07/03/2025

Content Warning ‼️ This week’s topic is su***de.

Some people may find this topic difficult to talk about but, it is important there is awareness and to have a normal conversation around su***de.

Suicidal feelings are thoughts about ending your life or feeling people might be better off without you. Suicidal thoughts can make people scared, overwhelmed, and confused. But you are not alone! Most people experience suicidal thoughts at some point in their life.

Suicidal feelings can be intense and can vary in frequency and nature. Suicidal feelings can move to planning and consideration of how you may end your life.

Suicidal thoughts are not permanent- things can improve.

Remember what keeps you safe, what reminds you to keep going - are you working towards something? Do you have loved ones you want to stay alive for?

Suicidal thoughts can affect anyone, any gender, any age or background at any time. There are many different causes to suicidal thoughts, for example: bereavement, mental health disorders, long term physical illness or pain.

Support:
🫶🏼 GP
🫶🏼 Crisis Support - 999 or A&E and request to speak to the mental health team
🫶🏼 Samaritans - 116 123
🫶🏼 NHS 111, Option 2 to speak to a mental health practitioner
🫶🏼 Family and Friends

If you are supporting someone with suicidal thoughts, here are some key points you can do to help:

🫶🏼 Encouragement to talk about feelings and seek support
🫶🏼 Offer emotional and practical support - practical support could look like: does the person you’re supporting need to go somewhere safe like A&E?
🫶🏼 Create a support plan with the person to increase safety levels and encourage self help
🫶🏼 Be patient and calm, and speak about su***de openly, with no judgement or shame

26/02/2025

💜 Grief 💜

A little snippet of grief…

Grief is something we will most likely experience at some point in our lives. Grief is often described as an emotional process when someone dies, however grief is a part of daily experiences, such as a relationship breakdown and loss of a job.

Feelings of grief from personal experiences can feel inescapable, making it difficult to feel that we would recover.

The theory of 5 stages of grief can suggest we should go through the stages in a linear process, but realistically our emotions and thoughts fluctuate, we can feel l one emotion at one time, or a mixture of emotions all at once.

Journaling is something I often speak about on social media because it is so adaptable for individual needs. A grief journal is a good tool to write down the thoughts, emotions and behaviours that happen in your grief experience, sometimes we can include the happy memories and moments we cherish for bereavement experiences if you would like to connect with those we have lost in an emotional way. A journal is also a reflective tool, and we can see the changes that happen as time passes.

Alternatively, I would like to introduce a therapeutic letter. Letter writing is a good tool to have as a space to process, connect and offload, and reflect. You can write to whoever you would like to through the letter, whether it be yourself, an ex-partner, a loved one, to share your thoughts, feelings and experiences. This tool is something you can either send to share how you have been feeling, or you can keep it for yourself as a reflective tool.

Acceptance is the ‘last stage.’ Acceptance is individualistic. I like to share that ‘acceptance’ is not about moving on and forgetting your experience or the person, it is about being in a place where you might feel you can manage each day and the emotions, it might be you have accepted what has happened, it could be you accept that there will be bad and good days. Take one step at a time and lean into your support network too.

30/12/2024

✨ End of 2024, 2025 Here We Go ✨

Welcoming in a new year can be difficult. Heading towards the end of the year can be intimidating and overwhelming when people post their achievements on social media, and they may not look like your achievements. We often reflect on the year and might say:

“I can’t wait for this year to be over.” “It’s been the worst year.” “Next year will be my year.”

It is important to take a step back and reflect on your year, appreciating the small moments that can go unnoticed.

Remembering the memories that have been created, the experiences you have lived through that have helped you grow through the dark experiences, brought laughter and joy. Celebrating the time you have spent with those you love and cherishing the moments we have with them. These are significant and individual to you, which you can take with you in 2025.

Surviving the difficult days is a huge accomplishment; when you go through an experience, you grow with this, building your resilience. Acknowledgment of the bad days and reflecting on how far you have come is okay. It is also okay to set boundaries and put yourself first in those moments you need to prioritise yourself.

On social media, or in our daily life we will see accomplishments people have had in 2025 and compare ourselves. Remember the achievements and accomplishments you have made in 2025, no matter how small or big it was. Feeling proud of yourself for going out for that meal when you were feeling anxious, leaving a toxic relationship or overcoming trauma. It might be getting a new job, getting a house.

In 2025, set a New Years Resolution to be present in the small joys, and celebrating your journey. Growth, being present and reflecting on the wins and joys.

26/11/2024

✨ Building Confidence ✨

Boundary Setting:
✨ Being assertive is not about being someone you’re not, it’s about allowing the real you to come out.
✨ People with low self esteem often feel they cannot say no to people, even when they want to. This can cause people to feel depressed, resentful and overburdened. It is ok to say no.

Be Kind To Yourself:
✨Being gentle with yourself when feeling self-critical. Think about if a friend was in a similar situation, what advice would you give them?

Building Positive Relationships:
✨ Sometimes there will be people in your circle that may bring you down, spending less time with them, or making them aware of how their behaviour or words make you feel.
✨ Building relationships with those you trust, are positive and appreciative of you is going to help you feel valued.

Get Good at Something:
✨ Recognise what you’re good at, or try a new interest and try to become good at it. We are all good at something. By doing something you are good at, it will boost your mood.

Believe in Yourself:
✨ Identify the negative beliefs you have about yourself, for instance, “Nobody cares about me,” and then think of evidence that challenges the negative belief, such as “My friend calls me every week to have a chat.”
✨ Write down positive things about yourself, for example “I am intelligent,” “I’m a great listener,” and “People find me trustworthy.”
✨ Write down what positive things others may say about you.
✨ Keep your note of positive things and remind yourself of them daily to help build confidence and that you’re doing well.

10/11/2024

🩷 grounding techniques 🩷

Let’s talk about grounding techniques…

Grounding techniques are used to help you refocus your mind on the present moment to distract from moments where you might feel anxious or panicked.

A simple grounding technique is the ‘5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Exercise’

This technique involves finding:
5 things you can see 👁️
4 things you can touch 🤚🏽
3 things you can hear 👂🏼
2 things you can smell 👃🏼
1 things you can taste 👅

This technique will help bring your focus onto what is in the present moment, moving away from anxious thoughts.

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