Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Sophie Ann I sit on the corner of the white washing basket, listening to the shower spray against the glass curtain beside my head. Water flowing from cold to warm. Minutes pass and I slowly take off my clothes. The fabric falls to the floor, revealing my tan-lined skin, pale in Continue Reading
By Catherine Neish If you were going to write a book about your life, what would be the title? Who would you want to read it? Would you cover anything up? Would you expose an area of your life into the light? I want to lend you a story: ‘The Continue Reading
By Elli Being too busy is, for me, often the first step on the path to deteriorating mental health. I have made many changes to build a life where I manage my mental health. One of the most important disciplines I have started to build is the practice of less. Continue Reading
A To-Don’t List: A list for anyone overwhelmed and stressed, for those who worry too much about what we cannot control. A list for the over-thinkers.
By Jonathan Reyes I grew up without a father. To make matters worse, my mom was a horrible alcoholic that paraded a vast variety of splendid pieces of shit in and out of my life. I often joke that I looked to Juicy J and DJ Paul as fatherly figures Continue Reading
By Eddie Kedge “Lucky I don’t shoot you,” said the man standing over me in my garage. He’d already brought me to the ground and I was lying face down trying to do what he was saying to me. Well, trying to understand what he was yelling at me. “Lucky Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld Living with mental health issues is hard, really hard. But being being friends with someone who has mental health issues can also be tough. Mental Health Issues & Friendship I have lost many friends over the years because of my mental illnesses but I have gained some fantastic Continue Reading
By Poppy Alice Road To Recovery Hi, I’m Poppy, I’m 18 years old and have been struggling with mental health problems for several years. Looking back I was about 12 when I first started to notice something wasn’t quite right. It wasn’t everyday but I started to have a lack of Continue Reading
By Samantha Jones It is hard to fight constantly, day in day out, when your mind is a war zone. Fighting for the good things in life but the enemy that is mental illness, fights with all its power to keep you trapped. Sometimes you have to surrender and say Continue Reading
By Shae Hansen I’m going to be completely honest. I have depression and anxiety. It’s not an uncommon combination to have these days, but it’s very hard for a lot of people to talk about. In this post, I specifically want to talk about how my depression has not only Continue Reading
By MissyDee My talk with suicide No, I am not suicidal. I’m pretty damn logical and well-balanced, I think. I might be emotional at times, but that is my need for acceptance rearing its head. A horrible depression, far more insidious than my normal episodes, made me struggle for about Continue Reading
By Paul Jameson It’s been a funny old week. Ups and downs you might say. The Beauty of Mental Illness The down was at the beginning of the week. Less a down and more a frightening annoyance, I had a funny turn on my daily walk. It was quite a Continue Reading