Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Anne-Marie Gawen Anxious in some ways as a child and not quite comfortable in his own skin, Matt had a ‘meltdown’ aged 24 whilst living a hedonistic lifestyle in Ibiza with his girlfriend Andrea. Alcohol seemed to have played a large part – whether just because that was what Continue Reading
By Christopher Naylor In 2013 out of nowhere I was suddenly struck with agonising shooting pain, in my right wrist. I had no idea that this was the beginning of a chronic neuropathic pain condition. I was driving a work car for a previous employer at the time, and so Continue Reading
By rebquist I am a lithium responder, which means it works well for me. I have been on it since my bipolar diagnosis several years ago, and I have had no major side effects and no reason to be taken off of it. If anything it works well enough to Continue Reading
By Carrie As anyone with a mental illness of any kind will understand, stigma comes from so many places. Mostly expected places. Parents who “don’t know what you have to be depressed about”, friends who say, “It’s fine, calm down”, or employers that don’t see why a panic attack gives Continue Reading
By Anonymous July 22, 2017 The worst thing about depression taking over during the summer is when you don’t know what it’s about. You know it can’t be your friends. You were already deciding which movies to watch with your best friend at your sleepover. You know it can’t be Continue Reading
By Lisa Bean West I’m now classed as a ‘Functional Borderline’. I still have a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder, but I can get through most days without major incident. It’s hard sometimes to look back at how I used to be, how I used to look and all the Continue Reading
By Tina Blacksmith Death phobia. Death anxiety. Thanatophobia. Whatever you wanna call it, it is VERY, VERY real. I don’t know how it started or where it came from. All I know is that it’s not something I’d wish on anyone. There are simple phobias and complex phobias. If I Continue Reading
Review By Cheryl Norton Fuck Depression, Robert Duff: I’m not a fluffy person, not into hearts and flowers so the regular self help book titles didn’t appeal. Coming across this book was a life saver. It was a matter of fact read and gave so many great tools to help Continue Reading
By Emma Galligan Broken leg ~ walk it off? Broken arm ~ try and write? Broken mind ~ ??????? Do you have the answer? Guess what, that’s the problem. There’s a reason why people hide away their pain. Picture this. “Hey, how are you?” “Well, I cried for four hours Continue Reading
By Marty Owens Not sure if this is the best idea, but after my therapy session today with my psychologist, I kind of thought that maybe an in-depth look into one of my sessions would give people an idea how warped my mind has been for decades. “I don’t know Continue Reading
By Lush’el Johnson ***Trigger warnings for self harm*** It’s been 4 weeks since I last punished my own body to release the pain I was in. My last self harm incident was whilst I was a patient on a mental health ward. I confessed and handed in my blade a Continue Reading
By Claire When I was 21, I was diagnosed with postnatal depression, something that I found very difficult to live with. As the years went on, the darkness inside of me only grew worse. I made so many trips to my GP over the years. All I’d ever hear was, Continue Reading