Welcome to Hear Me: Stories.
Ok, so who am I? Does that matter? Perhaps… I’m a polymath. I LOVE to study! I have mental health issues. What issues? Does that matter? Perhaps… Schizophrenia. I actually found out last week that I’m considered neurodivergent because of it, something I’ve been fighting to get a diagnosis for. I know, I know, there’s no diagnosis for neurodivergence. What I meant was, I fought for a diagnosis of autism (Asperger’s Syndrome back in the day).
I was certain I had it at age 22 after thorough research. I read story after story, and I’d never felt so understood. That was the day my mental health dramatically declined, as if it wasn’t already in the dumps; no, it went lower. I’ll tell you about it in another story. Just know that my life has been up and down, mostly down. In fact, I haven’t worked most of my adult life because of my mental health. Some days, I just cannot cope with life. I was suicidal for years, and even now, I don’t feel that way, but I feel like it lingers.
It’s like a ride on a rollercoaster; either you love it and want it to go on and on, or you hate it and can’t wait to get off. I can’t wait to get off. But while I’m on it, I’m going to enjoy it as much as I can… if possible.
I’ve studied several courses related to mental health as I want to understand it to the fullest extent. I even have a Postgraduate Certificate in Mental Health Science.
Speaking of Postgraduate studies, a dream of mine, a dream for over ten years, is to enrol in a Master’s in Creative Writing. I love to write. I must admit, however, I haven’t written anything in years due to writer’s block. But I’m determined to beat it and enrol on a Master’s in Creative Writing and Wellbeing with Teesside University in January 2027. It’s the cheapest Master’s I’ve seen and has actually reduced in price since I last looked (by over £1,000!).
Another dream of mine is to publish a novel based on my life. I’ve already written over 40,000 words. It started as an autobiography in 2013, then turned into fiction a few years later. Actually, the main character became male, but now (as of 30th September 2025), I’m thinking of switching the character back to a female, and I’m thinking of making it a memoir. The story is about the thoughts and emotions of someone going through a mental health crisis, psychosis in particular. When I turned it into fiction, I initially wanted to make it magical, with the delusional thoughts actually being true, and something mysterious is going on. However, I spoke to a creative writing tutor, and they said that it would take away from the power of the story, well, something like that.
So, what’s the purpose of this website? The purpose is to write stories of my life, my business (I’m starting a tutoring and coaching business), and my mental health.
It’ll track my journey towards the Master’s in Creative Writing and Wellbeing. I am determined to write at least five times a week (as I write that, I shudder because I have a lot going on! Maybe twice a week… there, much better!). I want to read more stories to better learn the craft of writing. I couldn’t tell you how many hours (years ago) I put into learning about plot, characterisation, setting, conflict, description, exposition, and more. Now, I want to refresh my memory, so you will see a dramatic change in the style of my stories.
To the future!
UPDATE:
This site was mainly supposed to be about my creative writing journey, but I’ve decided to make it much more than that, as there’s much more to me!
It’ll also detail my journey with ballet, piano, violin, and yoga. I’ve wanted to become proficient in all of these domains, but especially in ballet and the violin.
I’ll be changing the name of the site soon, and this name reflects all aspects of the above.
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