Reducing the stigma around mental health
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
By Jennifer Catherine So, yesterday I had a psychology appointment and I got the results back for possible diagnoses. For approximately three years I have been going through the process of figuring out what was going on in my mind. And to finally have some answers is such a relief. Continue Reading
By Amy I’m missing my momma so much. It is a pain unlike any other. To never hear her speak, feel her touch, see her smile… It came so suddenly and took her away so abruptly. No fighting chance to keep her here. All hope gone knowing we had to Continue Reading
By AnnaMolly If you had asked me 5 years ago what I thought therapy would be like, I wouldn’t really have been sure. So I’d have probably told you I imagined it as a bespectacled man, sitting in a big leather chair, while I lay on a chaise lounge, and Continue Reading
By Robinspain I’m sat here wondering if this is a good idea, filling up and about to cry drowning in self pity. No wanting anything, to live to die, to eat breathe. I’ve been here before, not wanting to live, wanting the pain to stop, I guess suicidal, but I Continue Reading
By Amy So here it is. The start, the beginning. I am a bit unsure how to do this, so bear with me. I have been told on several occasions that I ought to ”write a book” about our lives. I am not beyond sharing our story I just don’t Continue Reading