Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Sara-Jane Morphew So, today those thoughts of the future are creeping back in. I’m not content with just feeling a bit better. The pressure begins: I need to make use of myself and get back to work. “What am I going to do?” This phrase goes round and around Continue Reading
By Victoria Jane Starting to heal again You can tell when you are starting to heal again when you put on a stone. Rediscover your former self again, no longer give a shit what other people think of you, no longer feel like you are losing the plot, know your Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew I’m lying in bed, all the boys are up, and all I can think is ‘I don’t want to get up’. I just don’t want this day to start. I’m feeling the need to say sorry as well about a blog post I wrote last night. I Continue Reading
By Claire Adult children of alcoholics We grow up in a world where alcohol is part of life. We go to weddings, christenings, funerals and other social occasions, and alcohol is readily available. I grew up witnessing my parents and relatives drinking and having fun, and in my thoughts, and Continue Reading
By Sophie Ann I stare at the gloomy reflection on my wall: the tired under-eyes growing dark with fatigue and messy hair shoved up in a halfhearted bun, not even attempting to reach on the desk for my brush. Want, desire, need: I’m longing for that one close hug that would lift every Continue Reading
By Neil Hodge ‘DEPRESSION ISN’T REAL!’ Just recently, this Twitter account has been brought to my attention. It’s full of hateful, unhelpful comments about mental health. Andrew Tate ✔ @Cobratate Depression isn’t real. You feel sad, you move on. You will always be depressed if your life is depressing. Change it. Continue Reading
By Shae Hansen Sometimes we all have those days – or weeks – when we feel like the entire world is against us, we feel like giving up and we want to just throw up our arms in defeat. These are usually the times when I implement some coping methods, Continue Reading
By Wendy K. Williamson It is Mental Illness Awareness Week October 5 through 11, making it the perfect time to bring up stigma. Unfortunately there exists a huge gap in the public perception of mental illness and the reality of who we are as human beings. If there wasn’t, we Continue Reading
By Sophie Ann Where do I begin? The stupid mistakes of my past have made me who I am. For the worse, I might add. The blind me of the past that couldn’t see what was right in front of her. Imagine me screaming, crying, looking into a mirror and Continue Reading
By Shirley Davis There are two basic facts about life that many people either were never taught, or that they try to say do not apply to themselves. We all need to understand that life isn’t easy and life isn’t fair. These two concepts are true for everyone, no matter Continue Reading
By Carly Jennings In November 2016 I was put on a mixture of medications for my mental health. Sadly, my mind was extremely poorly, and I was suffering daily. Something needed to be done. What I never anticipated was the side effect of weight gain I experienced within 2 months Continue Reading
By Sophie Ann An Empty Poem do you ever just not feel? inside your body, your mind, feeling empty. the numb, lifeless fingertips tracing along the temples of your skull, trying to rid the headache that has come from feeling empty. thoughtless brain pulsing to your heart, slowing as your Continue Reading