Reducing the stigma around mental health
This is not the beginning the middle or the end. By Anonymous I was getting better, better each day. Made, thought I’d made a big improvement. Went up went down. Apologised explained tried. Even thought I’d made a friend, but apparently friends have to be vetted now. As long as Continue Reading
Earlier today, Talinda Bennington released a statement following the suicide of her husband, Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park “One week ago today, I lost my soulmate and my children lost their hero-their Daddy. We had a fairytale life and now it has turned into some sick Shakespearean tragedy. Continue Reading
Following the suicide of Chester Bennington, a fan of Linkin Park has died by suicide. A friend of the deceased fan made the following comment here “My best friend, who has had a very rough life, took Chester’s death very hard and decided to take her own life last night. It Continue Reading
Under the title ‘The Batman Killer – a prescription for murder?‘ the BBC investigative programme Panorama has suggested that James Holmes, the ‘Batman Killer’ – so named for having opened fire and killed 12 people inside a cinema watching Batman – only committed the crime because of the medication he Continue Reading
By Susan McKinstery The process of recovery, revival, rehabilitation Of being yourself again Possesses a quality no one tells you about There is no cataclysmic event Through which you are restored Rather it is the gradual clearing of a fog And the big secret? You are often the last to know Continue Reading
By Marie O’Brien Have you ever realised how hard it is to come back up, once you go down? And especially when you don’t understand or recognise how far down you have slid? Well it happened to me and this is my story on how I went down and then managed to get Continue Reading
By Samantha Jones I see it all the time, friends posts are always of the happy times but never show the true them, the ups and downs of life. For many years I refrained from posting about my mental health on social media due to the stigma attached to it. Continue Reading
By Anonymous It’s the waiting. Lying in bed because my attempts to help aren’t accepted. Waiting for the sigh, the sigh mixing your pain and your release. It’s only then that you reach out for me. Only then are you able to cry help. I pray our beautiful, loving baby Continue Reading
By Mel Ball Today I realised I can keep my “Chimp” in check. You antagonise me every time you see me. I don’t understand why you have to upset me every time you see me, do you get some kind of pleasure out of people shouting at you? Or is Continue Reading
By Gavin Walker I’ve been really struggling with writing a new blog post here, I want to write something positive, helpful and hopefully something people can take away and use to manage their own problems with Mental Illness. I wanted to write a post with tips and strategies on how Continue Reading
By Samantha Jones Happiness is what comes natural to most people. However, when you live with depression it is all too familiar not to get enjoyment out of anything or anyone. The things that used to bring enjoyment, like going out, doing tasks that needed doing around the house and Continue Reading
By Anonymous John is a mental health patient who lives in our community in blocks of small flats, John has been neglected and is running around on a different planet. Not his fault been, he’s neglected by the health service and the housing ass (Genesis). John has conned an old Continue Reading