Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Chaz White Caution: This post discusses suicide and self-harm but from a hopeful stance. So much of my life has been shrouded in darkness, consumed by thoughts I couldn’t control and overwhelmed by anxiety. However, piece by piece, year by year, I kept progressing towards the very simple idea Continue Reading
By Kelley Gonzalez The depression is everywhere. leaking on the floors, staining the walls, dripping off everything i touch. Woke up this morning. Felt fine til my feet hit the floor. Stepped in some depression. Can’t get it off my foot so it follows me all morning while i try to get Continue Reading
By Anonymous April 29th 2015. I remember that day like it was yesterday. April 29th 2015 is the date of my first suicide attempt and hospitalization due to mental illness. I was 14. I went to school like it was a normal day. I went to all my lessons. And then I collapsed. Continue Reading
By Anonymous Where does mine start? Aged 18. I thought i was pretty invincible. I had hitch hiked to a nightclub because i finished work late, that wasn’t the problem. A friend arranged a lift home for me, except they never took me home but back to a house on Continue Reading
By Holly It all started six years ago. A younger, happier version of me skipped through the school hall to her class, lunchbox in hand and backpack slung over her shoulders. For a while, I had felt the need to do everything evenly. If I moved my left hand, I Continue Reading
By Taylor Poyfair I have lots of stories about my mental health. If I put it all in one post, you’d probably be reading for a couple hours. When I first suspected this thing called depression, I brought it up to my parents and they didn’t really listen or help Continue Reading
By Anonymous So, here’s a blog I never thought I would write. For those who don’t know me I have suffered with spells for depression on and off throughout my life so far (My early 20s). I am writing this because I realised sometimes symptoms don’t always co-inside with popular Continue Reading
By Teesha Morgan This is the concept sketch I have had this one in my head for the colouring book since it’s inception. As an advocate for mental health, invisible illness, chronic pain & disability this concept means a lot to me. I have had to deal with discrimination, abuse, Continue Reading
By Erin I remember vividly the age at which my silence was broken. At 13 my childlike inner monologue was hijacked and replaced with a savage, unrelenting chatter. This was when I met her, the monkey on my back. And what an impish, cunning little monkey she was. In the Continue Reading
By Paul, So, maybe telling people what happened, how I went from “normal” to what I have become now may help someone. Maybe someone will identify, and wont feel as alone as I do now. I guess I best condense it, as I’d need pages to get it all down. Continue Reading
By Anon Well how do I put this? I was alone for a long time I wasn’t allowed much company. I got to class by 6:30am and left for home at 6pm. I wanted friends but everyone thought I was too weird because of my accent, I didn’t mind though, Continue Reading
By Tayler Osborn When I was fourteen, I learned your voice. With my stomach pressed down into the threads of a green duvet, I watched delectable delicacies unfold frame after frame within the whirling colors behind the screen. Your voice, sweet and sharp, slipped between the pauses in the metronome Continue Reading