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Wanting to self harm but not doing it is a whole new kind of strength

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One of my biggest brain flaws is that I have this real need to solve every problem the world faces. Poverty? I’m on it. Racism? I’ll tackle that too. The ‘phobias? Be gone with ye!

The reality is I can’t solve any of these problems. I’m broke as shit myself, I can barely afford what I have so how do I think I’m gonna be able to end rough sleeping??

It breaks my heart when I can’t help homeless people or Big Issue sellers, I find myself thinking that I should batch cook a load of food and just hand it out to the local homeless people but I don’t even have enough food to batch cook like that. I’ve even had the thought that it’s my duty to be making little care packages for homeless people with face wipes, feminine hygiene products for the women, hand warmers and travel mouthwash etc but idk where I think I’m getting the money for this.

I need to remind myself that not every problem is my problem but when I try that I start telling myself “yeah but anything I could do is something good” and it is, but there’s not really much that I can do.

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An Introduction

I'm a professional poor person, a starving artist and future working class hero. Born in Salford, raised in London, living in Birmingham - I'm no stranger to hard places and hard times. I've lived on numerous council estates, in numerous cities across England and I have extensive lived experience of living below the poverty line. This blog is a place for me to express my frustrations with life; to put down "on paper" the things I feel like I need to say. Currently my main frustrations lie with the UK government and the state of the NHS. I can't believe that the government I voted in could turn around and come out with plans so shockingly Tory-esque. It makes me angry, furious even, for the people that these plans will affect, for the people who can't advocate for themselves against these horrific propositions. I wish there was something I could to to change this but I'm just one person. I'm just a whisper in a sea of loud voices and I'm not sure I'll ever be heard. That won't stop me speaking my mind though. I feel passionately about reform in the NHS, it can't continue the way it's going and change needs to happen. Telephone appointments with doctors and therapists aren't the way forward. We need more walk-in clinics and urgent care centres to take the weight off A&Es and GP surgeries. The access to therapy on the NHS is severely lacking too, most people wait months and can only be offered 6-12 sessions which clearly isn't enough to do any long term help. These are the kind of topics I'll be talking/ranting about on this blog, the things that matter to me.

To anyone reading, thank you for sticking with me through the introductory waffle! I look forward to spilling my guts to the world,

XOXO POVVO PRINCESS