Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Victoria Jane Anyone who has suffered with some sort of mental breakdown in the past, and managed to pull through, will assure any other sufferer that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Depression can leave you feeling helpless, exhausted, confused and zombified. However, with a little Continue Reading
By Amanda Erickson Its a little hard for me to describe how Chester Benningtons suicide has affected me. In every way. I have been listening to Linkin Parks music for over 10 years and they’ve helped me get through some really hard times. Making me feel not alone and thankful Continue Reading
By Anonymous My anxiety is like a guardian angel. A constant companion. Every possible worst case scenario is played out in my head. Going to Waitrose, getting my bag stolen! Taking the dog of the leash, she runs off and is hit by a car. This one by far was Continue Reading
Mental health is a broad term. It encompasses our social, emotional, and psychological wellbeing. Good mental health is achieved by having balance in all of these areas. Just as physical wellbeing is not just about being free from illness or disease, mental wellbeing is not just about being free from Continue Reading
By Dean Irwin It’s so quiet around me Yet so loud inside Thought going out would help But just walked and cried. Trying to avoid people As I don’t want to converse, Cos some things they say Just make it worse. Like “look what you’ve got How can you be Continue Reading
By Samantha Jones I am sad, not depressed For a couple of months now I have been feeling low and out of sorts. It’s like there is a black cloud hovering above my head, not allowing me to think straight. This cloud doesn’t allow me to wash, leave the house, Continue Reading
By Darren Vincent Graham As I sit in this hole, Surrounded by the world. I hear people say, Stop being a girl. That’s just the way, We look at mental health. Like a borrowed book, Just sat on your shelf. You’ll never know the story, If you don’t turn the page. Continue Reading
Regardless of any political affiliations, which I have never stated on here and will aim to continue to not raise on here, it would be fair to say that Jeremy Hunt has long ranked as one of my least liked and least trusted politicians. In my eyes he has been Continue Reading
It has been announced by the UK government that thousands more NHS mental health workers will be employed. The aim is to be able to treat an additional one million mental health patients by 2020-21 by employing extra nurses, consultants and therapists. Jeremy Hunt, the minister for health, recognised and Continue Reading
By Victoria Jane I’m pretty sure that most mature students can relate to this blog. Firstly, I wish to congratulate anyone who has graduated this summer because without any shadow of a doubt, studying for three years whilst trying to maintain a basic everyday life is probably the most chaotic and Continue Reading
By Becca Thorpe Tired. A word with so many meanings. ‘I’m tired’ could translate as ‘I need to sleep’, but it could also mean ‘I’ve had enough’. I have. Being tired is exhausting Every task takes twice the effort of someone who isn’t tired. It’s difficult to do everything you Continue Reading
By Emma Kennedy I always felt different, like I didn’t belong, and never understood others completely. Nothing much has changed. I’m 37 years young, and learning more about me and the world everyday. Facing my depression, anxiety and alcoholism Since realising I had depression (aged 16), social anxiety (aged 21), and that those two Continue Reading