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“Love the giver more than the gift.”
Brigham Young
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Friday, 1 August 2025
AN AMAZON UK BUNNY BIRTHDAY WISH LIST | THE ELDEST IS ALMOST FOUR!!
“The
kindness one does for one animal may not change the world, but it will change
the world of that one animal.”
Unknown
Now, you know that I like to try to disperse light-hearted content on my blog as a means of breaking up the very heavy and emotional posts I typically publish. Of course, this often feels like a waste of time because people likely aren’t coming to, I’m NOT Disordered for this kind of content, and I actually sometimes worry that I’ll lose readers, but from Day One my blog has been about what I benefit from writing about… My eldest pet (I have three – a second bunny and a cat too!) Luna will be FOUR YEARS OLD on October 1st and so we sat down together (as you do!) and put together a wish list of treats and toys from Amazon UK. We thought we’d share it with you all for any fellow bunnies/bunny owners who are deserving of some lovely bits and pieces too! There are a few absolute bargains in it! Enjoy…
Tuesday, 12 March 2024
5 QUICK TIPS FOR GIFTING | IN COLLABORATION WITH PAPER EMPORIUM | INCLUDING AN EXCLUSIVE 30% DISCOUNT CODE!!!
**DISCOUNT
CODE: BLOG30**
Paper Emporium
(@paperemporiumco) • Instagram photos and videos
So, I was browsing Etsy for Mother’s Day gifts for the previous blog post (which you can read here) when I came across this incredible gift from the amazingly talented Paper Emporium which I immediately personalised and added to my basket as a gift for my Mum for Mother’s Day! It’s basically a print (which you can choose to have framed at an extra cost) and you type in a location, a time, and a date and then they print what the sky looked like on that exact occasion. You can obviously choose to use any sort of special date or anniversary, but I picked the date, time, and place where I was born. Then you can type in a title that goes above the star image (I put: ‘The Day You Brought Me Into The World’) and a message (I wrote ‘Forever Grateful For You xxx’) for the bottom of it. I was so proud and chuffed with this gift that I got in touch with the lovely Paper Emporium team and pitched the idea of a collaboration and they even created the exclusive discount code (BLOG30) for a whopping 30% off any of their items!!
Thursday, 3 March 2022
THE ULTIMATE BIRTHDAY GIFT GUIDE | IN COLLABORATION WITH ETSY
I like to promote that caring about gifts doesn’t make a person ‘superficial’ or ‘materialistic’ – it can actually mean the opposite and be about the pure thought that’s gone into the gift, or the benefits it will have on a person’s life/mental health. So, I’m very honoured to be collaborating with Etsy.co.uk again for this piece, which was inspired by my trawl through their site for gifts for my best-friends Birthday next week!
Personalised
Couple Print: from £4.50 by The Design Parlour
Custom
Necklace: £15.00 by J
S Charm Jewellery
Personalised
Hip Flask and Shot Glasses Set: from £20.49 by Vault
Gifts
Gay
Couple Print: from £4.50 by The
Design Parlour
Personalised
Bottle Opener: £6.99 by Bee
Creative Online
Family
Print: from £7.19 by The
Design Parlour
Personalised
Embroidered Hoodie: from £29.69 by Santina
Embroidery
Personalised Pint Glass: £25.00 by Dust and Things
Saturday, 12 February 2022
A CHAT ABOUT LOVING YOURSELF, HAVING RELATIONSHIPS AFTER ABUSE, & A GIFT GUIDE | MENTAL HEALTH & VALENTINES DAY
Kind of feel
like I’m jumping on a blogging bandwagon because everyone’s started publishing
their Valentines content (typically in the form of gift guides). I wanted this
post to be a nice balance in recognising that I’m NOT Disordered is primarily a
‘mental health blog,’ whilst also still being able to create a gift guide… So,
here’s a chat about the impact mental health can have on Valentines Day and a gift
guide with a twist…
Growing up, I was surrounded by love, support, and respect. I was always
told how much I meant to my family and how important and appreciated I was. So,
I literally had no reason or influence on me holding such opposite thoughts
about myself… until the abuse.
When I was fifteen and the abuse began, it was like… Like almost everything
I’d ever known had disappeared and what was left had just completely changed to
the point where it wasn’t at all recognisable or in any way familiar. All of a sudden,
I felt so insignificant; but I guess that was almost bound to be my response when
I was being treat so horribly. I mean, it’d take a pretty robust person to go
through that sort of abuse and still remain kind and loving to yourself!
I think that the most influential part of the abuse on my thoughts of myself, was the things that my abuser would say whilst he hurt me. I mean, it didn’t start off with a terrible… I don’t know. Just that in the beginning he would say that he actually really liked me and that I was pretty, and whilst what happened was still so completely against my wishes; it kind of meant that I felt I couldn’t report it immediately because his words made me question the degree of wrong-ness of the entire thing! Like, how could I tell the Police, knowing that when they questioned him, he would likely say he cared about me? How could I expect them to see it as a crime when he would say he had ‘innocent’ intentions/motivations?
Tuesday, 4 January 2022
MY 31ST BIRTHDAY WISH LIST
As some of you may already
know, I recently (for a good few months now) have found a lot of enjoyment in
creating Canva images and especially, I absolutely loved creating the wish
lists for Blogmas! And initially, I felt the urge to explain my decision to
continue to feature such content on a blog that is primarily about mental
health, but then I remembered that it’s my blog! I can respect and appreciate
the feedback readers give me, but I also have to balance that with creating
content I actually really enjoy!
John Frieda Radiant Red
Boosting Conditioner:
£6.00
Benefit BadGal Bang Travel
Mascara:
£10.49
Makeup Brushes: £12.99
Rabbit Notebook: £4.99
Animetrics: £8.19
Valentino by Mario
Valentino:
£67.98
Katie Loxton Wallet: £32.36
The Magpie Society: Two for
Joy by Zoe Sugg and Amy McCulloch:
£6.49
I also have an entire wish list on Amazon here
Saturday, 18 December 2021
BUDGET BLOGMAS | DAY EIGHTEEN: MY CHRISTMAS WISH LIST | IN COLLABORATION WITH PRETTY PERFECT PRODUCTS
Hello and welcome to I’m NOT Disordered’s Budget Blogmas!
Since I’ve talked about the gift guides, shown a few ideas for Christmas presents for your loved ones (I tried to include just about everyone I could think of!), and created wish lists for each of my pets; I thought it about time that I do a wish list for myself!
River Island: https://www.riverisland.com/women
Branded Oversized T-Shirt: £22.00
Feather Trim T-Shirt: £25.00
Khaki Fur Lined Parka: £70.00
Green Belted Cardigan: £55.00
Sequin Angel Sleeve T-Shirt: £28.00
Grey Quilted Boots: £65.00
Khaki Heeled Boots: £85.00
Purple Tote Bag: £42.00
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
BUDGET BLOGMAS | DAY FOURTEEN: BUDGET GIFT GUIDE: FRIENDS
Hello and welcome to I’m NOT Disordered’s Budget Blogmas!
I’ve decided to use today to share with you all a little gift guide filled with a range of gifts for all of the friends in your life, and for a whole range of budgets!
The
Little Jar of Happy Quotes about Friendship: £12.99
Wooden
Coaster: £3.99
Our
Adventures Scrapbook: £13.99
Customized
Friendship Print: £10.95
Friendship
Keyring: £8.99
Monday, 13 December 2021
BUDGET BLOGMAS | DAY THIRTEEN: BUDGET GIFT GUIDE: CHILDREN | IN COLLABORATION WITH PRETTY PERFECT PRODUCTS | AD
Hello and welcome to I’m NOT Disordered’s
Budget Blogmas!
I’ve
decided to use today to share with you all a little gift guide filled with a
range of gifts for all of the children in your life, and for a whole
range of budgets!
Lego
Minecraft: £8.50
Lego
Spiderman: £7.00
Drink
& Wet Doll: £7.99
Animal
Hand Puppets: £5.00
Hungry Hungry Hippos: £12.99
Sunday, 12 December 2021
BUDGET BLOGMAS | DAY TWELVE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE GIFT GUIDES | IN COLLABORATION WITH PRETTY PERFECT PRODUCTS | AD
Hello and welcome to I’m NOT Disordered’s Budget Blogmas!
So, today is an introduction to probably the most stereotypical and predictable posts of a Blogmas series: Gift Guides…
The importance of being unique:
From the very beginning of creating this year’s Blogmas, I knew that I’d end up publishing some gift guides during the series… It wasn’t that I didn’t want to do them; it was just a sort of reluctance because of the thought that gift guides are just so predictable.
When I first created I’m NOT Disordered in 2013, there were really only three well-known mental health blogs and none of them were written by a current psychiatric hospital inpatient. Without even trying, I had found a niche! And I fully believe that having that – having that special, unique quality to my blog; really aided in its first few years. I think it helped my blog to ‘take off’ and become so popular that it has earned me a huge number of incredibly amazing and exciting opportunities.
With that experience in mind, I’m very aware that now the blogging industry is so saturated – particularly by mental health blogs – it’s more important than ever to maintain some sense of individuality if I want to continue to grow I’m NOT Disordered, its audience, and the opportunities it provides me. And so, to do this, I put a ton of effort and time into attempting to make my content original and different in some way – any way – that will leave readers feeling somewhat benefited in a way that they may have been missing out amongst blogs which have similar content.
Monday, 14 December 2020
BLOGMAS 2020 WITH I’M NOT DISORDERED | RECOMMENDATION THIRTEEN: CHRISTMAS AT B&M | IN COLLABORATION WITH B&M | AD
Hello and welcome to recommendation number thirteen of Blogmas 2020 with I’m NOT Disordered!
Today. I’ll be collaborating with B&M to show you all my favourite Christmassy products from the store’s new line…
For prices & more decorations: https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/christmas/christmas-decorations
For more gifts for her: https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/christmas/christmas-gifts/for-her
For more gifts for him: https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/christmas/christmas-gifts/for-him
For more gifts for the kids: https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/christmas/christmas-gifts/for-kids
Friday, 11 December 2020
BLOGMAS 2020 WITH I’M NOT DISORDERED | RECOMMENDATION TEN: PETS, A DISCOUNT CODE, & CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR THEM! | IN COLLABORATION WITH BANDANA BOWTIQUE | AD
Hello and welcome to recommendation number ten in Blogmas 2020 with I’m NOT Disordered!
Today, I want to do something not completely un-heard of for me; shed light on the importance of pets and ‘recommend’ them and maybe, even some Christmas presents for your furry family members!
Also, very proud to say that this post is in collaboration with Bandana Bowtique who I've had the amazing opportunity to design some Christmassy pet bandanas for! And they've kindly gifted you all a 10% discount code on any of their bandanas!It’s no secret that I find having my pets (a lop-eared, Lionhead bunny called Pixie, and a calico rescue cat named Emmy) really beneficial to my mental health.
I barely remember the pets I had growing up; they were mostly Syrian hamsters, I had two Russian Dwarf Hamsters too and a gerbil at one point! But I was so young, and my childhood was so idyllic that I can’t recall them ever having some kind of impact on my mental health because I wasn’t really aware of its existence!
The
last two pets I had at my Mum’s home were a Fish called Elvis, a Syrian Hamster
called Butter, and a black cat called Saffy. While I was in the specialist psychiatric
hospital over 100 miles away from home, my loved ones, and my pets; the Hamster
and Fish passed away because both animals have a short lifespan. The cat,
however, lived for just over twelve years and didn’t pass away until I was in
my own home two years after my hospital discharge in 2014.
Thursday, 26 November 2020
LEAPS CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE FOR YOUR COLLEAGUES & VOLUNTEERS | IN COLLABORATION WITH LEAPS
BY AIMEE WILSON, CHAIR OF
LEAPS
www.leapsonline.co.uk
www.twitter.com/leapsonline
With it almost being December, everyone at LEAPS are trying to get into the festive spirit… But with our previous Chair being very poorly right now, this is an extremely difficult and challenging thing to do.
So, to highlight our appreciation for the previous Chair, and for everyone on the Committee and the group members, I’ve put together a little Christmassy gift guide full of the ideal presents to give to your colleagues or volunteers…
Saturday, 4 January 2020
MY BIRTHDAY WISHLIST | AMAZON & ASOS | AD
It’s that
time of the year again; my Birthday! This year, on February 1st, I’ll
be twenty nine! I literally can’t believe it! Obviously there’ll be a proper
Birthday post going up on the day but in the meantime… here’s a very obvious
hint for those who were wondering what to get me 😉
Monday, 18 November 2019
BEHIND THE SCENES: CHRISTMAS ON A PSYCHIATRIC WARD
Even with the
startling statistic that one in four people in the UK will experience mental
ill health at some point in their lives, the chance that someone will be in a
psychiatric hospital at Christmas, is minimal and I’d like to think that my
blog is largely about providing insight into aspects of mental health that lots
of people might not really comprehend. I hope that in doing so, it will help
people to be a lot more understanding for those of us who do have these
experiences. So, I thought it might be interesting to give readers an insight
into what it’s actually like to spend Christmastime in a psychiatric hospital…
For new readers and to give a bit of background…
Two years after being abused from 2006 until 2007, I began hallucinating and within ten days I became suicidal and took an overdose. I was sectioned under the Mental Health Act and spent the following three years in and out of hospitals – both medical and psychiatric. Finally, a Psychiatrist recommended that I be admitted to a long-term, specialist hospital and I began undergoing assessments with some such hospitals. The first two hospitals weren’t secure and wouldn’t accept my flight risk but when I heard that the third operated on timetabled day with intensive therapy, I refused to go. Then, in July 2012, I attempted suicide again and refused to have the lifesaving antidote to the overdose I’d taken so I was detained under the Mental Capacity Act and sedated to be put on life support for the duration of the treatment. When I woke up, the first thing I was told was that I’d be going to the psychiatric hospital I’d refused to go to, over 100 miles from home.
When I was sectioned under the Mental Health Act (1983) within twenty-four hours of being in the hospital, I realized that there was little chance of me being discharged before Christmas. Then, in November 2012, when I was recovering from an overdose I’d taken after going AWOL, I realized that there was equally as little chance of me managing to kill myself before Christmas too. So, I began preparing for my first Christmas away from home.
Saturday, 9 November 2019
CHRISTMAS WISHLIST 2019 | TOP 20 | ASOS, AMAZON, BOOTS, MICHAEL KORS, WILKO, & PAPERCHASE
So, after some very successful Christmas shopping in Newcastle and then again in Morpeth, I decided to put together a little wishlist of all my favourite items this year!
Of course, Christmas isn't about presents but i don't think you should be made to feel shallow for appreciating material things.
So here's my wishlist!
What would go on yours?
Clothes etc
Missguided Christmas Jumper £22
Brave Soul Christmas Jumper £16
Friday, 14 December 2018
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
EMMY'S CHRISTMAS WISHLIST!! | THE' PURRFECT' PRESENTS FOR YOUR KITTEN
Thinking of getting me something for Christmas?
Please pick something from Emmy's Christmas Wishlist instead!
Stuck on what to get your own cat?
Use Emmy's Christmas Wishlist as inspiration!
Sometimes my Mum is really busy blogging and I need cuddles
and something to hold onto; this Kickeroo toy would be purrfect
£4.65
I love my laser pen and this would save Mum the arm ache of
waving it around because I could play with it for hours!
£16.15
Saturday, 30 December 2017
WHAT I GOT FOR CHRISTMAS 2017
Photographys: RJ Photography
As you’ll have
seen from my post ‘ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS… YOU GUYS’ I was a little
hesitant about Christmas this year. Last Boxing Day we lost the family cat
suddenly and so I was a little concerned that it might be difficult to get into
the Christmas spirit, but it was surprisingly easy to allow myself to enjoy the
Holidays.
Friday, 29 December 2017
A LAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS Q&A | 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS WITH I’M NOT DISORDERED
I had one more Christmassy Q&A completed and I couldn't resist letting you guys see it before the New Year!
So here it is... courtesy of Claire Andre, Police Liaison Lead for Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust:
1. When do you start getting excited for Christmas Day?
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