Tag: awareness
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Choosing Kindness in a World That Isn’t Always Kind
For the first time in a long time, strangers’ comments about my weight and appearance stopped me in my tracks. Four separate moments in one day made me question myself, my confidence, and even my clothes — until I realised the problem was never me. This is a story about choosing kindness over cruelty, embracing…
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Review: Benji Waterhouse: Maddening
Pleasance Courtyard – Beneath | 12–25 August 2025 | 17:00🎟️ Tickets from £10.00 | Duration: 60 mins | Age Guidance: 16+Written and performed by Dr Benji Waterhouse ✨ Introduction Psychiatrist, comedian, and best-selling author Dr Benji Waterhouse brings his unique blend of stand-up and storytelling to the Edinburgh Fringe with Maddening—a deeply personal, darkly funny, and beautifully written show…
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Anxiety and me …
Someone recently ask me ” how are you, are you okay?” And for a second this threw me off guard, I hesitated before answering with an awkward laugh “I honestly don’t know” Until that moment I don’t think It hit me that I wasn’t okay. And I although I was fully aware the person asking…