Just be ‘resilient’ - more at tarastar.substack.com, five days of

I.Don’t.Know

When are you going to hurt me? I run through all these conversations with my therapist in my head. I haven’t been able to cry or really...

This became my world

ADHD awareness, working hard, exhaustion, masking, trying feeling behind shame. The basket on the water, poetry, child like,

Her body and soul reacted, naturally

poetry, consent, the body, functional body reponses, women, poem, struggling with contact lenses, denial, barriers, hurt, defence

trauma poetry TaraTalks

Why can't mental health struggles be a part of everyday conversation, poem, mental health awareness, opening up, you want shiny and fluffy

Minimising, not feeling worthy, denial, wanting to be liked, blog on mental health, poem at bottom of page hiding,not going through the pain

For me, a big focus is how mainstream media and those surrounding the show describe what happened. I would love warnings on shows to include

My body's saying this is real, You can't avoid it... Triggers, dissociation, mental health poem, denial, pain, physical mental connection,

What is life like without a trauma history? shame, trauma, trigger warning

My triggers, poem, Tara Talks poetry, writing

What trauma tells me Taratalks

anxiety poem

Feeling I can't quite connect

What may be in the mind of someone dealing with trauma starting my mental health blog

Lets begin.... mental health blogging, TaraTalks, fear