Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Ashley Phillips Link to Part 1 I have now tried half a dozen times to ask to speak to the Barnet CCG about the thousands of pounds they gave us for me to go to The Nightingale Hospital. I have been trying to feedback on how successful their money Continue Reading
By Jeremy Welton The year is 1991, my older brother is in college, and much like most kids in their late teens when they leave school, his music tastes are being explored and have been expanded by the people who surround him. Much of the great music he discovered on Continue Reading
By Starr Gazer Currently, I am reading for the second time a book called “You are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life” by Jen Sincero. It’s all in the title right? And just so you know, I am not reading it for Continue Reading
Following the tragic death of Chester Bennington, the remaining members of the Linkin Park – Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, and Rob Bourdon – have released a statement as a tribute to their fallen bandmate and close friend. You can read the full statement that was posted by the band below: “Dear Chester, Continue Reading
By Vivienne Tuffnell Life as a journey is a bit of a cliché, really. I said once, “If life is a journey, then any short-cut is a death trap,” and I stand by it. My own journey has been an odd one. A long time ago, I looked at the Continue Reading
By Melissa I’m the prey to my depression, living through this hell. I feel you hunting me and I’m not doing very well. I feel your eyes burning into me as your black shadow engulfs me. I’m captured and you’ve locked me in the prison called my mind, circling around Continue Reading
By Marié-Louise Bellivent Chester Bennington was the front man of Linkin Park, a nu-metal/alternative band that appeared on the scene in 2000 with their debut album Hybrid Theory. At this point I was 13 and at the start of my journey with depression, which was severe at the beginning. Linkin Park, Continue Reading
Since the tragic suicide of Chester Bennington, I have read numerous comments which roughly go like this: ‘I have a mental health condition but if someone like Chester with all the money, success, children etc that he had still couldn’t survive his demons, what hope do I have?’ It is Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld When you have a mental illness you fight every day. Whether it’s depression, an eating disorder, anxiety you are always fighting. People will often say to me: “It’s nice to see you all better now” “I’m so glad you’re over all that.” “When you HAD depression ….” It’s like it was a Continue Reading
By Jaime L. Hill My social anxiety thrives on the need to know what others “truly” think of me as well as comparing myself to everyone I encounter. My anxiety will tell me that I am inferior to others and I don’t deserve to be liked or even loved by Continue Reading
By Aiman Azman I have just heard the worst news of the day, of the week, and most probably of the year. It’s a sad day due to the departure of Chester Bennington, the frontman of Linkin Park. He died by suicide, by hanging himself. He was struggling with depression Continue Reading
By Georgie Atkinson What is Perfection? Grade 8 with a distinction? A double first from uni? To me perfection is undefinable, something that will always elude me, a rod to beat my already broken back. How did I acquire this rather nasty demon, some would say its inherited, others would Continue Reading