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And for the first time, happy Valentine’s Day to my soulmate. The one who showed me what it was like to love someone and not just an animal. Thank you for everything. I love you. Here’s to many more with you my love @joshb_07_

It’s been a long time coming. But I couldn’t postpone this announcement any longer. Rest assured, I will be back in the new year, but I just need to build a new site.

Life Is A Lemon will see you all again in 2025.

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Mentally not doing great these past few weeks but I’m doing my best to get myself back into blogging. Just gotta get through the chaos. However, me and my man went to a gig tonight and that whilst I had a bit of a breakdown during the night, was good. And spending time with Josh is helping to heal my current little rut.

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Kinda fell off the deep end again with my mental health, so I’m sorry on the blog front. However, here’s a photo of me and @joshb_07_ from our Costco date the other day 🥰

Blog posts should resume soon, but if someone could tell my bpd that, then that would be great 🙃

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Crawled out of my rut for like 5 whole hours today.

Blog: I know my schedule is a bit all over the place, but as some people will know it’s coming up to a year since I entered into the deepest, darkest rut I’ve ever been in, and I’m still not out of it. So, I am trying to get my shit together. It’s just draining a lot of energy from me currently. If you’re still waiting on a review, drop me a DM and I’ll make sure it’s on my list!

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Okay, I intended to get this up a couple days ago, but I thrive on chaos and my life has been living up to the name of chaos recently. However, what may not be chaotic, but is definitely mind blowing, is the new track from my pals in @pyh_band! If you’d like to read my little ramble about their latest track The Devil You Know, then you can find the link in my bio!

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New blog post is now live! Today I’m talking about the latest releases from our pals in, @misplaceduk, @distantblueuk, @downcastuk and @hometruthsmusic! Links in my bio if you’d like to do me the favour of checking the post out!

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Just dropped a new recent releases blog to catch up on some releases that have dropped whilst I’ve had time away to focus on my mental health crisis. Today’s post features, @downcastuk, @beamnoir, @airtightuk, @distantblueuk and @thosewithout. Links in my bio!!

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🍋 Life/blog update? 🍋

Some may know that for the the past 10 months I’ve been suffering really badly with my mental health, to the point I had to get clean and sober and all that again. Was not a fun time, and the past few weeks I’ve been severely struggling again. Even the slightest little thing has been overwhelming for me.

I haven’t put up a blog post in a few weeks, and that’s why. I promise, I genuinely am trying my best to push myself to write posts currently. But I can barely find the energy to do basic daily functions, so it’s extremely overwhelming for me.

That being said, there will be a blog post this week. It will be a recent releases post. I will be (hopefully) reviewing 6 tracks in the post. Some of them by acts I’ve never featured before.

I promise, I am genuinely trying my best, but between my chronic illnesses, and my mental health, I am barely functioning. So, if anybody needs me I’ll probably be in bed with Bella crying and playing Sims. But there should be a new blog post later this week 🥳

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Ahhh! I’m back yet again! Today we’re back and talking about our wonderful pals in @pyh_band and their latest single Keepin’ Us Alive! If you’d like to know what I thought of the track, then go click the link in my bio 😎💜

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And just like that, we’re back, I’m back, Clay J Gladstone are back, however you wish to interpret that. Clay J Gladstone have dropped a new track this week, and I’m here to tell you if I thought this was a decent comeback single, or if it was a flop!

Click the link in my bio to go find out the answer, and my thoughts on Postmodern Teenage Angst by @clayjgladstone!

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Apologies for my absence, but I’m back. And today I’m talking about my thoughts on the debut album To Love Again, by @betteranywayoh! Links in my bio if you’d like to check the post out!

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New car reveal ✨ swipe to see the state of my last car 😭 and yes, I’m using the sale photos of the new car because it’s since become very dirty 😂

A week today (Sunday) me and Amber went to see Twin Atlantic in Sheffield, and for the first time in more than 7 months, I felt okay again. I didn’t wish to stop existing. That was until, Bambi’s mother jumped out in front of me on the way home, on a road I drive multiple times a week, as it’s the main road to the town I work in.
The car was wrote off over the phone due to the amount of damage to the car.
I did actually intend on getting a new car this year, just 2 months later than I had to.
So, RIP to my MK6 and a big welcome to my MK7 GTD.
safe to say the accident has triggered my mental health as I’ve barely been able to eat or sleep since the accident 😭

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Okay, let’s not pretend these photos are over a month apart 😂 just dropping by to prove that I am occasionally a functional human, but also to give a little life update.

Some people know me for the person that I am, some people know me as the person behind LifeIsALemon, and some people know me for my mental health journey. So, I’ve been back to blogging regularly again, and I’ve put up quite a few posts the past few weeks, so go check them out if you haven’t already, cause you might find your new favourite band or new favourite song.

TW:// suc*dal thoughts, over*oseing.
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Now let’s acknowledge why there’s a trigger warning above, and maybe explain why I might just not appear to be myself these days. Back in August 2023, I had a breakdown. I landed myself into the darkest, deepest rut me and my bpd brain have ever found ourselves in. I started losing people in my life, and that made me terrified that I was about to lose everyone. My paranoia started escalating and I did fall back into relapse. Whilst, I am not proud that I relapsed, recovery is not linear and I had done so well with recovery up until that breakdown. However, my bpd spiralled out of control, and is still out of control. Last week I landed myself in A&E, having fell into relapse the week prior. Today marks a week since I landed myself in majors, and it also marks 9 days sober. I’ve realised, if I want to stay sober, then I have to reach out for support. I have to reach out for help, I have to ask for support, and I have to put my all into therapy. I’m sorry for not being myself, but I’m trying to come back better and stronger than ever before.

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Another day, another blog post! Today I’m finally talking about Ghosts, the latest single from our friends in @pyh_band and their pal @thisishighsociety. Link is in my bio if you wanna read my thoughts on the track!

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And just like that. I’m back yet again, today we’re talking about Better Weather by @onlyliarsmusic! Links in my bio if you’d like to know what I thought of their latest track!

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And just like that I’m back again! Second post of the week and we’re talking about our wonderful friends in @lightgreyband and their latest track Insomnia. Links in my bio if you’d like to know what I thought of the track!

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And just like that, I finally got round to talking about the debut album from @ragingclueuk.

Links in my bio if you’d like to check out my thoughts on the track

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and for the third week in a row, we have a new blog post 😎 finally got round to talking about Detriment by the ever so incredible @betteranywayoh! Links in my bio if you’d like to know what I thought of their latest single!

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Ah yes, the time has come. That one post a year where I summarise the best in music. It’s live, and the link is in my bio if you’d like to find out what releases really blew me away in 2023.

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I know, shocking, 2 posts in a week. Who knew I was possible of this still? Anyway, I’ve just dropped a review of Blossom by @keepthisupuk. Links in my bio if you’d like to check it out!

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Okay, yeah I’ve been gone for longer than anticipated, but I’m back 😎 today we’re talking the latest track, Youth from @pyh_band. Links in my bio if you’d like to check it out.

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And just like that, the count is now at 36. Thank you as always to the forever wonderful @electric_butterfly_tattooo for giving me the serotonin I needed. This time, I got a matching lil ghost tattoo with my cousin. I also got my above the knee tattoos, Karma and Chaos. I also got my magic 8 ball tattoo, that I’ve been wanting for a while. And finally, I added 4 more @pyh_band tattoos to the mix! And just like that, my left forearm is complete besides from some gap fillers really. 🥰

Look at me finally putting up a new blog post! You can find the link in my bio if you’d like to know what I thought of the latest track from @ragingclueuk

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Swipe for a tattoo reveal!
I have been in a terrible mental health state for the past 3 months, but I’m back to myself again. Fresh hair and some new tattoos.

Thank you as always to the ever so wonderful @electric_butterfly_tattooo for my wonderful new tattoos.

I finally got my two @pyh_band tattoos, and they’re personally some of my favourite tattoos I’ve ever had!
And then my tarot sun and moon are so precious! Well and truly exceeded my expectations on those!
Got an extension to my memorial balloons for my grandparents I’ve lost since my last tattoo session.
And then finally, I got my The Simpson’s doughnut on my elbow.

Finally back to myself, and hopefully I’ll be returning to the blog soon!

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I know I haven’t existed on the blog for a little over a month, but I’m back! Today I’m talking about the latest single from the ever so wonderful @pyh_band! You can find the link in my bio if you’d like to know what I thought of Embers!

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I realised I’ve had my blue hair back for over a month yet, and seemingly dropped off the face of the earth for the entire time. To be completely honest, my mental health is a mess currently. Like my brain is just a train wreck. There was a bit of an incident 2 weeks ago, that just proves recovery isn’t linear. Today was the first time in 2 weeks I’ve not felt like I don’t want to exist. Life just ain’t it currently, but I am trying to find the positives. And one of those is that I get new tattoos in less than 3 weeks 😭 I am ready for them, honestly, so long overdue and I’m so hyped for them. Also, apologies if you’ve had to attempt to hold a conversation with me these past couple weeks, I have been the worst company. But we are trying to get better, so we can focus on the positives.

I am also going to try and be more active on the blog, it’s gonna take some time but I wanna slowly ease myself back into blogging again.

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And just like that, I am back. If you’d like to know what I thought of the latest track from @misplaceduk, you can click the link in my bio to read my thoughts.

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