by Shane Kelton | Dec 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
What do I do when those intrusive thoughts start to get a bit more serious? Well, the plan is always to be proactive and not have them but reality has it for me, for now that my mind still enters dark places.Thoughts of suicide, thoughts of hurting myself and many...
by Shane Kelton | Sep 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
World Suicide Prevention Day and RUOK?Day have come and gone, and I think as society we are starting to understand the benefits of what these days bring.As a suicide survivor I wanted to put to paper my thoughts as each year I ride the rollercoaster of emotions that...
by Shane Kelton | May 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
It’s a question which comes up quite often – “why do you do this?” Or something similar in reference to me being completely open about my mental health struggles. A lot of things do come to mind and some of them I talk about in other pieces of writing.It keeps...
by Shane Kelton | Apr 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
I was thinking the other day about passion and being successful… I realised that despite never having financial abundance and to be honest, never really being able to set myself up that I have been extremely successful in a way which is way more meaningful to my...
by Shane Kelton | Mar 7, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the end – they are just thoughts but it becomes a problem when they are continually suppressed and not talked about. For someone who isn’t experiencing these thoughts and doesn’t understand them, it is a really challenging thing to hear… In my 20...