Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Anonymous Today marks the year anniversary of a friend who I lost to suicide. My facebook and twitter feeds have been filled with remembrance messages and stories of his life. Losing someone to suicide is one of the hardest things to go through but there is a huge misconception Continue Reading
By Heather I spoke to a few people before I decided to post this little (ha! Sorry) rant, and we were all in agreement so here goes! This is on a similar note to something posted the other day, about how depression is not simply being sad about something. And having Continue Reading
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By Carla I found myself crouching behind the cupboard door in the kitchen. Trying desperately to block the view of the two little people who had helped me survive. They shouldn’t see this. The knife was in my hand. The desire to slide it across my wrist was relentless. I Continue Reading
By Sylvia Marcia Some days, things just hit you in a way that it is entirely raw and honest. It feels like whiplash. It feels like a wave. I had a few of those days lately, and I’m waiting for it to sink into my skin. My feelings about myself Continue Reading
By Sylvia Marcia There’s these particular type of people who I find incredibly “badass,” “cool,” “risk-takers,” “hardcore,” or whatever word you would like to substitute. These are the people who ski in the backcountry, the ones that rock climb a thousand feet, who bike across the country, the ones who Continue Reading
By Amy Jane Jeffels She woke. Salt coated her eyelashes, for she had been discarded, tossed into the sea with her wounds open, stinging with the cold. But like a piece of sea glass, her edges became smooth, beaten by the waves. The tide crashed over her and the wind Continue Reading
By Anonymous When fighting a battle with your mind, many people refer to the light at the end of the tunnel where they realise that life was for them and that recovery was possible. Personally I have never experienced that light at the end of the tunnel and I half Continue Reading
By Claudia Kelly I wasn’t aware if it was breakfast or time for lunch and he asked me “What Was I Scared Of?” . Now i was partially tamed evident a corpse on display determined to rage, a dungeon was this place. Week’s, day’s, they had locked me away and Continue Reading
By Jane Nolan Above any other form of health issue, mental wellbeing is an issue that is largely misunderstood. It carries a stigma, one that perhaps we are all guilty of perpetuating knowingly or unknowingly – “don’t tell her/him, she’ll go MENTAL!” – we’ve all heard it, most of us Continue Reading
By Emily Dear Ed, This is goodbye. I’m done with you. For so long, you consumed me. My life revolved around restricting, calorie counting, purging, isolating, working out, perfectionism, body checking, cutting, suicide letters, and hating every inch of myself. I was in so much pain and my life felt Continue Reading
By Anonymous So I’ve survived another year. Today I was celebrating my 16th birthday. Correction, my family were celebrating it. For me, and many others with mental illness a birthday is not something to be celebrated, instead it is a time used to reflect on the past year and worry Continue Reading