Jordan Beaven

Welcome to jordanbeaven.com

I am so Happy to see you! I am a Book Reviewer, a Huge Mental Health Advocate, a Word Vomiter, Ginger Enthusiast and a Disabled, Neurodivergent & LGBTQIA+ individual.

I attempted suicide in December 2023, leaving me unable to walk or stand and becoming a full time wheelchair user for the foreseeable future. I never want anyone else to have to go through what I have had to endure in the last 23 years of my life (I am 23) and I want to make a change in the way that individuals who struggle with their mental health are looked after. I have been in a Hospital for a long length of time as I have not been discharged at the time of creating this page (September 2024). This whole experience has changed me as a person and as much as I struggle massively still with my Mental Health and the impact Surviving a Suicide Attempt causes I am determined to improve someone’s life and Help raise awareness of Mental Health and very hopefully join the Movement in Suicide Prevention.

During my time in hospital I need a route to escape. my main route was quite literally trying to run away from the situation I happened to end up in. However, due to my physical health needs that now is not possible and I have started to realise that this is not the healthiest ways to cope as quite frankly it does not change a single thing about what is happening it just causes more trauma and prolongs the suffering. I need a way to escape and that is when I started to read.

Reading has been a godsend to me over the recent months, I have read so many books since purchasing my Kindle. I have listened to audiobooks, read eBooks, Kindle books and Paperback books. It became such a way to escaping my reality that I thought I would start Tracking what I read using Goodreads and writing review. I found some wonderful Book Groups on Facebook, I started an Instagram account for this blog and followed a tonne of Bookstagram accounts, Through those social media Platforms I found that you could review Advanced Reader Copies (ARCs) through NetGalley and other ARC reviewing Platforms. SO, I decided to sign up for Netgalley and have since read even more books whilst leaving reviews. I spend the Majority of my time reading whilst I am currently in Hospital and honestly I have never felt more at peace doing some thing than I have whilst I read Books.

I am Hoping to start University with the Open Uni to Study Psychology which I am looking forward to! It will mean I can build some structure into my day whilst also allowing me to learn more about something I am so hugely passionate about and interested in. The mind is such a fascinating subject and I honestly Cannot wait to start. I really never saw that this is where I would be and I definitely didn’t see myself becoming a student again.

I am so happy to see you here on my website and I really hope you stick around and watch me ramble on about my life and find yourself not alone as someone (me) gets it too! Feel free to Follow me on the links below and I cannot wait for us to be the best of friends!

Remember; You are not alone ❤