You try one antidepressant that doesn’t work, then another, and another, always searching for the correct medication. But that could be about to end
Self-harm and I: A recovery journey
I feared that my addiction to pain would cost me my life. Now I am almost three months clean from self-harm. If I can do it, anyone can.
How To Not Care What People Think
It’s hard not to care about what people think. Here are my methods for not letting others’ opinions get to me. They may help you too.
Let Them Know. Silence Could Have Killed Me
Silence holds a great power. It can help or damn you, and it nearly killed me. Finding the courage to speak about my mental health helped to heal me.
I’m trying not to hate you, New Year, I’m trying to survive you
I don’t want to hate New Year. But it always makes me cry. If you struggle with festivity, you’re not alone. This is how I get through such times
Why Do We Think Our Brain Doesn’t Get Sick?
We discredit mental health when it comes to sick days. But without the brain, we’d be dead. The brain works the hardest, so let your brain have a break!
The Awesome Power of Words Brings Huge Responsibility
There can be no denying the power of words. They are perhaps the most powerful instrument for good or ill on Earth. Words can create or destroy
Surviving Manipulation – the Unholy Gaslight
That’s the problem with talking about mental illness, you’re never quite sure who’s going to blame their behaviour on your illness.
Courage to Soar
Working with depression and anxiety is challenging when you keep it hidden. It takes courage to soar above the stigma that is attached to mental health and be open and honest with work colleagues.
Be your own advocate
If I could go back in time, I would say to the nurse, ‘I am not going home unless I see someone.’ That my life is worth it, and I am not being ’emotional’.
Life and Being Told You Should End It
I have no friends or family or even a loved one as they can’t cope with me, but I do understand, as I can’t cope with myself.
I am 1 in 4, and it’s not a secret – Sounding my voice
I do not have to be afraid of what other people think. I am a human being of exactly the same value as everyone else. Sounding my voice.