Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Anonymous I spent 6 years diagnosed with depression. Dr’s and nurses would ask regularly, “any thoughts of self harm? Suicide? “. The focus was always on morbidity. I was eventually “upgraded ” to a diagnosis of bipolar 2. I remember my first visit to the GP afterwards. He asked Continue Reading
By Clara Rose Depression is without a doubt a debilitating illness which is poorly understood by so many people. If I had a pound for the amount of times I’ve been told ‘you’re being silly’, ‘just forget about it’ or ‘cheer up’, I would be able to pay off my Continue Reading
By AmysBoarderlineWorld Borderline Personality Disorder is a tough diagnosis. I am not saying that other mental health diagnosis aren’t but BPD in particular seems to have a huge stigma around it. Some of this is down to the media falsely representing it but also just plain ignorance. The name seems Continue Reading
By Barb Commodore Three years ago in the New Year of 2014 I quit anti-depressants and alcohol cold turkey. Mind you, I was also newly immersed in a phase of using marijuana to self-medicate. I had actually been neglecting to take the anti-depressants every day for several months but wasn’t Continue Reading
By Charlotte Edmunds Self harm – Depressions evil counterpart So here I am again. Locked in depression wanting to release. I not a drinker, as I prefer my meds to work and I oddly being sick gives me a panic attack. I have not self harmed in what feels like Continue Reading
By Heidi Pratt A week and a half ago on Thursday 16th February my beautiful daughter Catherine attempted suicide. She wrote blogs on here so I thought that it might be suitable for me to write one about her and her battle with mental illness from the parent’s perspective. Over Continue Reading
By Anonymos So, at 14 I developed an eating disorder, I didn’t talk to anyone about this and even struggle talking about it now. At 16 my eating disorder completely spiraled out of control. But…. I faced my fears I put on weight And… It was one of the hardest Continue Reading
By Terence Coming to the end of therapy for depression and anxiety through CBT I had convinced myself I was getting better, I was getting there, I’m cured!! Good times right? Well no.. About two weeks after I thought this I found myself struggling again, getting up in the morning Continue Reading
In all the news coverage it is becoming more and more obvious that the truth is reducing in importance in the eyes of many. Statements such as ‘people are tired of experts’ or the hilariously unfunny ‘alternative facts’ coupled with all the fake news stories, shows that the truth is Continue Reading
By Charlotte Edmunds The blog I didn’t want to write. I am not entirely sure what it is about depression that makes it come in waves or why when its gone it cannot just stay out of our lives for good. I am Charlotte, I have Bipolar type 2 – Continue Reading
By Anonymous hello this all started not too long ago. At first I thought I was just sad that I was moving, but then I started hurting myself every night. Soon I developed an eating disorder and lost 20 pounds. Then I tried to overdose and was sent to the Continue Reading
By Naver A lot of people are confused as to how a medicine can make people ‘less sad’. Well that’s not the case. Depression IS NOT sadness. If you curl up on your bad for 3 days because you just broke up, that’s sadness NOT depression. If you got denied Continue Reading