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O ne of the main things that helped me when I moved over here was Counselling/Therapy. I went to counselling for about a year and a half when I lived at home. I came to a point where family members suggested that maybe it would be good to talk to someone who is a professional and unbiased. I did and it was the best thing I ever did. It was very daunting at first. Mental health has often been a taboo subject but now people are beginning to speak about mental health much more .  But taking that big step and helped me in so many different ways. I went to counselling right up until I left in September and thought I was ready to move here on my own but that wasn't the case. About a month into living here I felt down and lonely and didn't know what to do. I realized its more than just a physical preparation of packing my things and booking flights, I never prepared myself mentally. I didn't think I needed to go back to counselling, that I should be equipped for dealing with al

So I decided to start this Blog (omw to change my Insta to Public Figure lol) because I think there is an absence of this kind of blog I have been thinking about the past 4 months. Lemme explain: As most of you will know, my name is Isabel and I moved to Barcelona 4 months ago. For those of you who don't know me I'm Isabel, I'm 23 and I moved from Galway, Ireland to Barcelona in September to teach English to Spanish people. I came to Barcelona in summer 2018 for a week and I knew I wanted to live here at some point in my life. The opportunity came up, I packed my bags and left my comfort zone of Galway. Barcelona is amazing whether it's summer or winter. There are so many things to do and you would never get bored of being here but... It was probably one of the hardest things I had to do mentally, alone and completely unprepared. I found it very hard, being alone, not knowing anyone, being away from family and friends, I became low and really anxious. This was th