Anxious Lass is a mental health blog by me, Kelly Jean, a Somerset blogger based in Glastonbury.
I try to navigate the ups and downs of Anxiety/ADHD/PTSD while finding peace in the outdoors. I’m trauma-informed trained, and passionate about creating a space where we can talk openly about mental health without the stigma.
When I’m not writing, you’ll find me hiking, hunting for mushrooms (and photographing them!), or capturing the small moments of beauty that remind me why it’s worth living each day.
This blog is my way of connecting with others who understand that healing isn’t linear, and that’s perfectly okay.
How Anxious Lass Came to be…
After painstakingly scouring the internet for websites/articles related to Social Anxiety, I kept landing on super medical resources, written by professionals that just made me feel alienated. I desperately wanted something I could actually relate to! I wanted to know that other people with Social Anxiety struggled with checkout lines and automatically assumed that any laughter coming from anywhere was definitely directing at them. I wanted to know that I wasn’t the only one who worried about people looking out of their windows at me when I walked down a street. I wanted to know I wasn’t alone.
Starting a mental health blog and writing about my experiences in a personal way has helped me connect with so many people who also have Social Anxiety and now I definitely know that my experiences aren’t uncommon.
I have suffered with Social Anxiety since I was a toddler. I couldn’t play with all the other kids at play school and my anxiety just got worse and worse to the point I spent 6 months at a time indoors, couldn’t open the curtains and hid under the window sill every time someone would come to the door. I was finally diagnosed with a severe social anxiety disorder at 14 and then in my 30s diagnosed with ADHD and PTSD.
After lots of CBT and exposure therapy and generally just kicking the shit out of my anxiety I am a much more confident person. I still get anxious often but I now have the tools I need to manage it better.
I created this mental health blog to help other people and to have a safe place to vent about the trials of social anxiety, but it has grown beyond that to a place where we can talk about mental health in general.
A little about me
My name is Kel and I was born in a small industrial town on the border of North Wales/North West of England, but now I reside in Glastonbury, as a Somerset blogger. I’m a mother to my gorgeous identical twin boys, and I have my own photography business.
I’m a metalhead and a huge horror fan.
My inbox is always open if you need some advice or just want someone to vent to, contact me if you want someone to talk to!
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