Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Frances Beck What a week it’s been this week I’m feeling like we’re starting to get somewhere at last. Tuesday saw Conor’s good friend and my now partner in crime, Stephanie, and myself, at the Scottish parliament in Edinburgh. Here we mixed with MSPs, government officials, staff and supporters Continue Reading
By Ronelle Prins For the past few months I’ve been trying to get back into blogging about my stories and past I have yet to share with you all. Instead, I have been working on others stories and books, avoiding the inevitable. Not because I don’t want to, but I Continue Reading
By Scott Watson Postpartum depression affects up to 25% of men after the birth of a child and is a cause of male suicides. My descent in to the depressing time of the ‘baby blues’ actually started two months before my baby daughter’s birth. Pre/postnatal depression had a terrifying hold Continue Reading
By Jessica Evans For the child of a mother who has Borderline Personality Disorder or BPD, life can be a roller coaster ride. Except it’s the scariest ride of your life, it’s almost impossible to get off, and it never seems to end. I’ve written about what it’s like to Continue Reading
By JD On Mental Health 💚❤💚❤ When I’m high and when I’m low, sometimes my brain doesn’t know where to go. Searching for something, even a trace, I know it’s there but cannot place. A sense of peace or maybe a piece, of part of me that feels erased. Not Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld This is my first blog post in three months. I am back from an all important mental health break and for that I feel like a failure. Which I know is ridiculous. Without going into too much detail I was going through quite possibly one of the most Continue Reading
By Mental Drama Queen I’m about to make a point. It’s one I learnt the hard way over the last year. Now it may not be a popular one but I’m saying it anyway. I’m going to give you some real life scenarios. Be honest with yourself when you read Continue Reading
By Sara Blaylock Just like my very own anesthetic, It makes sure I don’t feel a thing. It makes sure I sleep… A lot, but unfortunately depression cannot be surgically removed. So it’s still there Waiting to bring me to my knees. Everything is still white noise and deep breaths. Continue Reading
By Jennifer Catherine No matter if it’s family, friends, neighbors, or romantic; relationships must be safe and mental health friendly. You need to feel safe and at ease with those people that you are surrounded by. Barriers created by stigma and stereotypes must be eliminated at all costs to keep Continue Reading
By Andrew Low I have a diagnosis of schizophrenia and my mental ill health stopped me continuing on the medical course to become a doctor when I was younger. My main symptoms were a vulnerability to the sound of coughing and the noise of traffic, and feelings of guilt over Continue Reading
By Annon If you see me walking down the street, you don’t see my scars, mental or physical. You see a young woman, full of youth, smiling and laughing. “She looks so happy, always smiling” Is just one of the many sentences I hear about myself. Yet behind closed doors, Continue Reading
By Jennifer Catherine Medication is a common treatment for many mental illnesses, but it is also very stigmatised. Many people still think that if you need to take medication for a non-physical illness then you are crazy and should be locked away. I believe that you should do whatever it Continue Reading