JavaScript+Coffee

  Honestly, I wasn't sure whether to write tonight, but I felt like I had something in my head that had to come out somewhere! I am on the way to 3000 followers on twitter, which is preposterous considering I've been on the platform for less than 2 months... People do ask me 'how', and I cover that topic in another post - How did you do that?  but essentially, I still don't really know. My LinkedIn has also felt the benefit, and I am connecting and interacting with so many incredible people every day. I haven't partaken in any sort of course, nor am I part of any secret club! I love speaking and interacting and laughing with all of you - I often talk about the importance of mental health and taking breaks - 'my DMs are open' means just that - you can message me and I will do my very best to reply. Just try to say something a little more meaningful than 'hi'! So alongside all of the incredible interactions and laughs that we have - we also support...

Everyone has a past, a background. How do you feel about yours? Sometimes my background creeps into my conscious thoughts when I least expect it, and anxieties that I thought I’d conquered re-emerge. Like if I need to use a keyboard extension that needs two hands to utilise. Or if I’m trying to complete a task that requires an element of maths or mathematical logic. Does that ever happen to you? Obviously your circumstances and past would be different, and other random, seemingly innocent things might bring up a long suppressed rage or anxiety in you… When I was young, I had three bleeds in my brain, close to my brain stem, essentially strokes. In that respect, I am incredibly lucky to not have been affected more, or even killed. I had brain surgery for the last two. I remember being ‘able’, before the bleeds, I was eight, nine and eleven when they happened, and they were all random and unexpected. After each one, I was left completely paralysed without movement on the left hand side o...