So, rather ironically, I missed mental health week due to a recent bout of quite severe depression. 

I’m still recovering but I can feel myself slowly coming back to life.  Something that has always helped me do this is the right playlist. 

One of the most amazing modern inventions for me is the ability to carry music in your pocket, from a walkman to an iPod and now on my phone. And, thanks to online streaming, I can create a playlist for any mood without tape-to-tape faffery. 

Being a word person, finding a song that speaks to me, to the place I’m at, is massively supportive of my mental health. This time my depression was caused by something quite specific and I hoped that I would, I knew that I would, survive it. But it has been one of the worst attacks in recent years. 

And music has been really important. 

I put together this short little Recovery playlist, that starts with feelings of abandonment, through realisation, finding the fighter, rebuilding a glimmer of hope, and then celebration of self. 

So I thought I would share it. 

I’m still not in a place to put together clever words myself but in this slightly belated mental health week post I encourage you to find the playlist that puts you on your own path of recovery.