Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Jake Cox Depression isn’t simply feeling sad or down, it’s waking up and all the colours around you are faded. It’s feeling like absolutely nothing yet trying to go about you daily life while carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. Your mind tells you that it Continue Reading
By Lauren Victoria Every year, without fail, I come across a sea of posts in aid of mental health awareness week. This year, I decided not to participate. Why? I have done a lot of thinking recently as I have had possibly too much time on my hands. Why is Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld My Clouded Perception Body image is the perception that a person has of their physical self and the thoughts and feelings that result from that perception. These feelings can be positive, negative or both, and are influenced by individual and environmental factors. Have you ever looked at yourself Continue Reading
Writing this poem tonight comes from my own personal battle with anxiety, a battle that till this day I am still winning.
T Frances Beck This week is MentalHealthAwarenessWeek. And we all need to both share our own experiences of mental health problems and support those who do. This so that we can help to raise awareness and reduce stigma and discrimination. We also need to support people who are struggling with Continue Reading
By Andrew Low Sahaja Yoga meditation has been a lifeline for me in my mental health problems. I came to Sahaja Yoga after seeing a poster at Selwyn college when I started on the medical course at Cambridge University in 1982. Sahaja Yoga is free, and it is not compulsory. Continue Reading
For the past 2 months I have been suffering an intense OCD breakdown, but during this difficult time I’ve learnt some of the most valuable lessons.
By McKenzie Lewis We learned about it in grade school when we were astonished to see a caterpillar turn into a butterfly. How could something so guarded and caged transform into something so colorful, beautiful and strong? How can something that didn’t even make a movement stretch out wings and Continue Reading
By Jake Cox As I write this, this week is mental health awareness week. For the entire week, I will be posting a poem or quote that I have written. On Friday, I will be taking part in the Messy4mind challenge to raise money for a great cause, I will Continue Reading
Although there is a subtle difference in the wording of “keep on moving” and “moving on”, their meanings are distinct.
Mental health is so confusing. One day you are in Disneyland taking selfies, and a few days later you’re hiding in a library toilet cubicle.
SB Frances Beck I miss my boy more than I could ever express in words. And that doesn’t ever get easier, only harder as time goes on. Grief is a funny thing. There are times where I expect to be really upset and I’m not. But other times where there’s Continue Reading