As a parent I’ve always been concerned about how how parenting with depression and anxiety will/would affect my daughter.
Reflection – Letting go of the past
By Tina Blacksmith “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Søren Kierkegaard This year, I have started letting go of the past and making an effort to heal. My letter is part of that reflection. It feels like one of those “two steps forward, Continue Reading
Sleeping Through Depression and Insomnia
Today I want to talk about depression and insomnia. Both have such a strong impact on everyday life. Sometimes it is so incredibly hard to sleep.
Collection of Short Stories
Joys of having a baby By Emily I’m Emily, I’m 29, and 22 months ago I had a baby girl born at 30 weeks. The whole experience was a traumatic one, ending in our baby girl being in intensive care for eight weeks before coming home. And she had to have numerous Continue Reading
The power of music and my depression
By Lizzie Barrow An open letter to Florence: I can’t really believe I’m doing this. I’ll probably mock myself for doing this… in fact I already am. But something just compelled me. Standing there in the shower, stressed and desperately trying to shake off the stress, I felt compelled to Continue Reading
Queuing for my life
By Jody Elford Our NHS Here in England we have the National Health Service, which I feel extremely lucky to benefit from. We’re privileged to be able to access healthcare services without worrying about how to foot the hospital bills. However, there tend to be long queuing periods for treatments. Long waits Obviously the free-of-charge Continue Reading
Go To Yoga
By Wendy K. Williamson Reflecting on September’s National Yoga Month – yes, there was one! – I’ve recently restored my commitment to yoga. I decided to write about it due to my newfound inspiration and reflect upon how I stopped in the first place, following the hurricane that destroyed my Continue Reading
Being A Teenager Sucks. Being A Teenager Suffering In Silence From Mental Illness Sucks Even More
By Gabriela Being a teenager suffering in silence from mental illness sucks. Waking up every day with a mental illness is just as painful – if not more – than a physical illness. It’s confusing, debilitating, and inconceivable at times that this could be happening to me. Although I am Continue Reading
A get well soon card means a lot
By Richard Harrington Towards the end of 2012, I was hospitalised due to my mental health. Needless to say, I had reached the lowest point of my life, and needed immediate help. Each individual journey through hospital will be just that, individual. But, for me, this is how it went. Continue Reading
You Can’t Have PTSD, You’re Not Military
60% of men and 50% of women in the USA experience a traumatic event in their lifetime and 1 in 3 of those develop PTSD. It is more common than we think
On the daily battle to silence the shoulds, oughts and musts.
By Elli When the alarm went off this morning I was already weary. I am at the worst point of my period and I feel distracted and exhausted. My body is suffering, I have not slept well, and my belly aches. My mind is unable to settle, jumping from one Continue Reading
Schizophrenia – disconnected from reality
By Anonymous Schizophrenia is an illness that blinds you from the rest of the real world. You’re stuck in a cage that paralyses you in fear, paranoia and lies. It leaves you disconnected from reality. A bad night You may go to bed the night before, feeling like life couldn’t Continue Reading