Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Amysboarderlineworld Mental health in general seems to be everywhere at the moment – which is great. I have also noticed that there has been a big increase in the talk around men and boy’s mental health. Fantastic. About time. Did you know that the biggest killer in men under Continue Reading
By The Stockmans Wife Having Bipolar disorder is like sitting in the passenger seat in a car race; watching your life go round in circles. Only to see a car suddenly break and spin out in front of you and you having no control over it. Your life is that Continue Reading
By The LilyJoProject Money and mental health are often connected as poor mental health can make money management harder and worrying about money can make mental health worse. When someone is struggling with debt, life can become very difficult. There is a feeling of isolation and lack of hope. It Continue Reading
By Anonymous I previously wrote a blog on my (then) 7 months in the midst of a mental breakdown, where OCD, depression and anxiety fought in my head daily. I wrote of my support network, which at the time came from a fairly unusual place – my 2 tortoises. Throughout Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew So tomorrow is Monday and as always I have mixed feelings. Each Sunday evening I am reminded that I am not in work and my mind likes to remind me that I have failed at that aspect of my life. I have failed the image of a Continue Reading
By Joanne Henley With BPD, comes reckless behaviour. According to the DSM 5, a diagnostic tool, we are impulsive with the potential for causing harm. It’s a difficult trait to cope with, because I literally screw myself over all the time, and it’s hard not to do it. With my self-critical Continue Reading
By Laura Smith For around 12 years (since I was about 13) I’ve suffered poor mental health. I was told by my mum to seek help, though it was met with the standard teenage tantrum and denial. Life went on and I bumbled through, eventually becoming a head chef at Continue Reading
By Clara Rose This is a note. To my best friend. Just to say thank you. For saving my life. I’ve known you for just a few years, but i feel as though it’s been eternity. We’ve laughed, we’ve cried; fallen out and made up. You aren’t like everyone, but Continue Reading
By Maxine Wright what would you find inside my mind deep, deep passages you will find in the darkness of despair, would u want to delve there? Confusion, sadness, anger ‘n fear, that’s the words over ‘n over again I hear, my mind pushing away good thoughts, for laughter ‘n Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew So as predicted I am not having a good nights sleep. It’s 3:30 am and I’ve been awake for a good while. Woke up dripping in sweat as usual, God knows what I am dreaming about. Apparently last night Tim got really freaked out because I started Continue Reading
Authored by clinical psychologists and researchers Dr Sarah Parry and Dr Filippo Varese and research assistant Rachel Djabaeva. Somewhere between “a great friend”, “scary” and “hard to explain” Learning from young people and parents about hearing voices Over recent months, we have been working with young people hearing voices and Continue Reading
By Edward Wickstead Depression is simply a chemical imbalance. As a neuroscientist, that is what I like to tell myself. Why then, does it clamp onto my mind like a vice? That inexplicable feeling of self-degradation and self-destruction… it can be overwhelming. Friends have asked ‘what does having depression feel like?’, Continue Reading