Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Eddie Kedge Sex, Lies & Crippling Depression I’ve been getting hit on a lot lately. A few weeks ago, it was this twenty-something punk rock girl working at Jiffy Lube saying how my wife was such a lucky woman because I was so hawt. Last week, it was a Continue Reading
By Wendy K. Williamson The unfortunate truth is many of us either have a mental illness or know someone who does, and suicide can be part of that reality. No longer is it an isolated case of the one person you knew in high school; today, it touches us within Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld Those of you that follow my blog will probably know that I am diagnosed with anorexia. I’ve lived with it most of my life despite only being officially diagnosed 4 years ago. I am pregnant right now and actually I am still suffering. I am not restricting food Continue Reading
By Meg I feel like a criminal. It started in hospital, where many of the nurses thought it ok to shout at patients. Back then, I felt I had done something awful. Funnily enough, the night the police brought me home they treated me with compassion. They didn’t make me Continue Reading
By Elli What do you say to someone suffering from anxiety? It can be hard to know. You hope you can help, but you don’t want to put your foot in it, or say the wrong thing. You don’t want to make matters worse. Let me reassure you – there Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew I have always been a creative person, and have always known myself as one. Fairly early on in my counselling sessions, it became clear that my creative personality was being ignored. I wasn’t expressing my creativity day to day, and I needed to. This meant that I Continue Reading
By Marty Owens “There is a house built out of stone Wooden floors, walls and window sills Tables and chairs worn by all of the dust This is a place where I don’t feel alone This is a place where I feel at home” Cinematic Orchestra – ‘To Build A Continue Reading
By Sophie Ann The Pain Sits There It sits in my stomach, like a balloon. just blocking the path for food, keeping me full for starving days. The pain sits there, making me feel sick and weighed down by the regret and things I should’ve said, and the things I Continue Reading
By Cheryl Norton She has always had the power to floor me, and she has once before. But not like this. I can’t really pin point what did it. There were so many things going on in my life at the time she rugby tackled me to the floor and Continue Reading
By Anonymous Tired. Exhausted. My eyes hurt; you know, that fuzzy, itchiness you get when you are awake and shouldn’t be. I’ll go to sleep for a little bit but then my mind goes on overdrive. Speeding round the tracks. Tired. Sleeping. But not Well Your sleep is restless. Turning Continue Reading
By Michelle Robinson Is there a link between how we handle rejection and an increased suicide risk? A recent study has found that people who attempt suicide demonstrate an increase in negative consequences when experiencing social exclusion. The study found that there were differences in their brain activity. The differences Continue Reading
By Shae Hansen Hi guys! So, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about sleep, and how it affects depression and anxiety. I know that if I get too little sleep I am so much more anxious about things than I would be if I had gotten enough sleep (coffee doesn’t Continue Reading