“You can do hard things.”

In my latest blog post, I wrote a letter to the old me who had just woken from a month-long coma to a different world.

I had no idea what the future held, but I needn't have been so afraid.

Looking back makes me proud.

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Barefaced and in my happy place ✨

I match my room

I’ve spent too much time on Vinted, so after receiving my dream dress, I have deleted the app #consideritcompleted #iminlove #thatlldo

10 years ago I covered the death of Rebecca McManus, killed by a car driver racing at speeds up to 100mph.

He was jailed for 8 years - then freed after 4, before caught committing more driving offences.

Spoke to her friend Harriet Barnsley ✍️ for this one:

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My interview about the driver who hit me and killed my bestfriend reoffending The Independent

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“I feel I have made peace with him. I had to if I wanted to move on with my life. He’s already done his damage, I can’t let him continue to ruin my life.”

This is the first time I've ever tried to do this, and I recorded my first attempt. So here is the raw version. It feels good to have finally started this healing process.

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#bereavement #survivor #rtc #roadtrafficcollision #100mph #deardriver 🚘💥

They say you write better when it’s something you care about, something that interests you.

Learning this made me see why I enjoy writing about my psychosis so much, compared to writing about getting hit by a car, which I have to force onto the page.

Here’s a sample ✍️

'No punishment will ever be enough.. I don't know how they'll ever stop him from breaking more rules of the road.. something more needs to be done to deter this kind of behaviour, & dangerous driving in general. It just doesn't seem to be taken seriously” birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

When you get sent photos like this of your cat 😻 #modelmaterial

Spending the afternoon writing 🥰 #itsgoodtobeback

Treated myself to a private pole fitness lesson for Christmas 💁🏻‍♀️

It was knackering and painful, and I will definitely be back for more.

#trynewthings

When you manage to spot Jupiter while on an evening walk in Wales 😍🌌

I like driving in my car 🚙

Backless >

I’m not sure who I thought I was buying this. But I’m a sucker for anything dark blue what can I say? #romper

Tb to me and Joe looking 🔥 in Spain #weddingattire

Dear Orna Merchant, you're a great travel presenter on BBC Radio 5 Live.

I'd love it if you used the term 'Collision' instead of 'Accident'.

There is generally no such thing as an accident.

Crashes & collisions happen because people make bad decisions. twitter.com/HarrietBarnsle…

In this, I talk for the first time about the suicidal ideation I felt in 2018. Never before have I felt comfortable enough to say it out loud or talk about what it felt like.

‘In The Face of a Real-Life Horror Story | Harriet Barnsley’: spotify.link/74pbsey1PDb #suicide