Jake’s advice Blog

Hi everyone,  In the last week, I had some very sad news that someone I knew fairly well had passed away and it came as quite a shock to me, so I thought I would come on here and talk about it from a first hand point of view.  I want to address this problem as it happens more and more each and lots of people suffer with grieving and everyone deals with it differently.  From someone who is autistic, I don't deal with sad news very well as I have lost so many people really close to me and I want to give some tips to anyone who is currently going through this.  It is really important to talk about grieving, it doesn't help to keep it in. I did that for years and years and I struggled so so much which is why I want to try and help anyone who sees this.  Jake's Tips for anyone who is grieving  1) make sure you have someone close to you who you trust that you can talk to about how you feel 2) make sure that you have some food and some water so that you don't star...

Hi everyone following on from my post about mental health, I want to talk about an issue called an eating disorder.  this can happen for many reasons.  a lot of people in this country and around the world have problems with eating and drinking.  from my own background, I have had problems eating when I've had bad news and its the worst feeling in the entire universe.  Throughout the coaching I've received from my mental health coach, I have been given targets to try and achieve every day of the week to try and help to motivate me to eat at least 1 meal a day.  I'll share some of my story but it does come as a trigger warning when I was very young, I lost someone very special to me and someone incredibly close to me which broke me and my life was changed forever, I couldn't eat anything as I felt sick and I didn't feel myself for at least a whole month because of how sad and how upset I was.  The year after I was diagnosed with autism and again that broke me...

Good afternoon everyone,  I thought it would be in order that I would come on here and discuss an important issue that is on the rise in the UK.   This issue is Mental Health A lot of people up and down the country have been diagnosed with some sort of condition such as: Autism, ADHD, Anxiety, Depression etc.   On social media especially since lockdown, these conditions have been getting more and more from being locked inside our houses and everything. There are so many people on there that either don't understand certain things or struggle to accept any kind of support network from either friends, family or colleagues or online friends.  From my point of view, I was diagnosed very early on at the age of 10 after something incredibly sad happened that changed my life forever! Living with autism can be extreamley difficult at times. There are times that I physically want to cry and scream and let all my emotions out but I have people that rely on look up to ...

Hi everyone,  As a lot of you might know from my socials, a while back, I was promoted to Patron of Greavsey's Tuck Shop run by a lovely couple.  Being a patron is very high demanding as it involves being very hands on with every customer and spreading as much positivity as possible and interacting with everyone on the lives, making sure that the chat on the lives is super positive energy and filled with happiness and answering customer enquiries so that we deliver a 5 star service to everyone  Now whilst this is all good for our sweet shop lives, there is a darker side to it.  A lot of you who have been on the lives will know, there have been a huge amount of trolls and hate comments that have been posted about the managers which I'm not happy with and I know that the managers aren't.  As the Patron, I would like to address the situation.  If you are on social media and you are under 18 and commenting nasty things just so you feel better because you enjoy ...

 Hi everyone,  So as we all know, mental health in the uk at the moment is quiet bad sometimes. I speak from experience when I say, I have real problems with it as I know a lot of my friends and colleagues suffer with it.  One of the ways we can benefit our mental health is how we choose to act. If we get a goodnight sleep. The chances of our mental health getting better will be a lot higher.  I know a lot of friends of mine and I suffer with sleep problems, so here are my top tips:  1) get yourself some nice comfy pyjamas or a onesie that u feel safe and comfortable in 2) make sure u have a set evening routine so u start it at the same time every night so u can settle 3) choose some nice films u can watch until you need to get to sleep 4) Once it’s sleep time, from personal experience, I find that listening to ocean waves on my phone Spotify really does help to calm the mind.  Ocean wave music is one of the therapeutic things to listen to at night as it he...

 Hi everyone so it’s been a little while since I’ve posted last.  So for those of you who don’t know me, I’m jake, I’m 21 I’m an official Passed out senior station master at Didcot Railway Centre. I do this in a volunteer role position within the operations department of the company.  If you’re currently looking for a job, I would advise going into volunteering like myself as it helps to get you experience for your cv and it makes you feel good about yourself.  I’m currently looking for a full time position within the railway customer services, but whilst that is in progress, I’m doing a lot of volunteer work at my railway. I love my job as station master!  If u need something to come out the house for on a Saturday mainly or a Wednesday in school holidays, feel free to to visit us at didcot railway centre.  My other hobby I currently have is for those who know me from TikTok! I am a patron of Greavsey’s Tuck Shop. It was started by my close friends Beth an...