Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Anonymous I’ve always lived in Ireland. I’ve always been proud to call myself Irish because of how well the nation is able to support each other in times of need, despite any differences. Life here is quiet, for the most part. St Patrick’s Day is a time we all Continue Reading
By Clara Rose About two months into my depression, I decided to start writing down my thoughts and feelings. ‘Green Dot’ is a message I wrote for a friend that I would like to share with you. It is a message which explains the thoughts going through my head. It Continue Reading
By Anonymous It all started when I was 12 or so, I believe. It’s hard for me to write this as I am literally pouring my heart out within this post. My granddad unfortunately passed away and, as the oldest of 8 grandchildren I was probably the closest to him, Continue Reading
By AmysBoarderlineWorld As most of you know I suffer with BPD – borderline personality disorder, amongst other things. I have spoken briefly about it and how it effects me, but I have always held back just a little bit. Scared of peoples reactions. Being judged, Or that awful thing I Continue Reading
By Caroline Jones I had a bad evening the other day. I was okay, and then suddenly – total mood slump. It happens; that’s the joy of having a wonky brain. No rhyme or reason to it sometimes, just randomness. And it was bad; I’d had things I wanted to Continue Reading
By Claudia Kelly Silently drowning hearing the voice’s festering each nerve, “Am Not Responding!”. Family encouraging incarceration of my mind all route’s through now inaccessible and still i hold the pencil, “Maybe Creativity Is My Vessel?”. Despair, senseless sadness, “In Your Arm’s May I Nestle?”, “ Please Tell Me” these Continue Reading
By Natalie And so I feel it beginning again The self loathing and endless search for pain Pain that’s real and self inflicted Pain imagined, unrestricted Pain so deep, so dark I wouldn’t wish it on another Yet aimed at me I’m willing to accept it I work hard, pretending Continue Reading
By Anonymous My most recent bout of depression has been my hardest fought in that it has been by far the longest. I can’t tell you exactly when it reared it’s ugly head or when I lost control of it and my usual coping mechanisms proved fruitless but, except for Continue Reading
In conjunction with A Great Read, we have recently set up a mental health based online book store. We aim to provide a range of books on mental health, depression, anxiety, suicide, OCD, eating disorders and many other aspects of mental health. Click the image below to view our range
By Anonymous I was recently diagnosed with bipolar 2 disorder but I’m not going to talk about that. Although things started making a lot more sense, quite honestly I don’t know enough about it myself yet. I’m going to talk about when I was being treated for depression. I once Continue Reading
By Anonymous Growing up there were many people in my life who were experiencing mental health difficulties such as addiction and depression. It was never fully talked about, mainly hushed conversations between aunts and uncles but I was always aware such problems existed. I never completely understood what mental illness Continue Reading
By Jessica McVeigh I was debating posting this for world mental health day but I didn’t. So I’m going to post it now because I feel like it’s something that I’m ready to post and I should post to show people that having problems with your mental health is nothing to Continue Reading