Tag Archives: Mental Health

Mornings or Nights

Posted on Dec 2, 2025 by duncanainsworth

Are you more of a night or morning person? My gut instinct is to say I’m more of a night person, I can quite happily stay up to the small hours of the morning and sleep until late morning or … Continue reading →

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Learning Games Design

Posted on Nov 12, 2025 by duncanainsworth

I am currently learning to design games in Unreal Engine (UE) 5.6, and it has been an interesting challenge, but a challenge nonetheless. I’m a couple of months in, and I figured it’s about time to share some of the … Continue reading →

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Coming Off Antidepressants

Posted on Oct 20, 2025 by duncanainsworth

I was initially diagnosed with Depression in 2012. I had been struggling with it on and off for a while at that point, and it was the right time to seek help for it. I started medication not long after. … Continue reading →

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Dyspraxia Awareness week

Posted on Oct 11, 2025 by duncanainsworth

I learned recently, on LinkedIn of all places, that this week (6th-12 October) is Dyspraxia Awareness Week, and as someone with Dyspraxia, I feel it’s only right that I celebrate it. What is Dyspraxia? Dypraxia, also known as Developmental Co-ordination … Continue reading →

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The Small Hours

Posted on Oct 5, 2025 by duncanainsworth

What’s your favorite time of day? I’m not sure what it is about the middle of the night that I find so appealing, but I find it to be the best time of the “day”. Maybe it’s my ADHD or … Continue reading →

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Goals for 2025

Posted on Jan 6, 2025 by duncanainsworth

It’s that time of year when everyone sets goals or resolutions for themselves to achieve over the year. I don’t normally do this, but I wanted to write something down so that I can hold myself accountable throughout the year! Continue reading →

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How I manage my Depression

Posted on Mar 10, 2024 by duncanainsworth

I was first diagnosed with Depression in my early twenties, since then I have developed several key ways to help me deal with some of the more intrusive negative thoughts and feelings. This is obviously anecdotal, as I’m only talking … Continue reading →

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Future or past?

Posted on Feb 7, 2024 by duncanainsworth

Recently, I have been thinking more about the future than the past.Thanks to ADHD medication I now feel like I have a future to build and look forward to. I know I’ve talked about this before in previous posts, but … Continue reading →

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2023, A Year of Personal Positives.

Posted on Dec 31, 2023 by duncanainsworth

Here we are on Boxing Day 2023 (26/12/23)! With the year drawing to a close it’s only natural to do some reflecting on how the year has gone by. So how was 2023? For me, it has been a pretty … Continue reading →

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Learning about Autism Speaks and why so many autistic people despise them

Posted on Sep 16, 2023 by duncanainsworth

While I’ve been trying to be more involved in Neurodivergent communities across various social media platforms, I had the misfortune to discover Autism Speaks, the American “advocacy” charity. Most people would recognise their puzzle piece logo, even if they weren’t … Continue reading →

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