Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Ramesh Kumaran Paid Media It would be more appropriate to term “social media” as PAID MEDIA because without spending money on them, they are not going to cover any news on mental health. In India, who cares about mental health to use social media to increase awareness about mental Continue Reading
By Di I’m 52 and married with four children. Seven years ago I suffered a bout of depression which led to me getting into financial difficulties. The more depressed I got the less able I was to deal with my debt. The worry ate away at me. I started sleeping Continue Reading
By Jake Cox So it’s that time of year again, Love Island is back on our screens. The people in charge of the show select people who are stereotypically ‘fit’, in every sense of the word. All the contestants are considered attractive. All the guys are well toned with six Continue Reading
By Patrick Bailey Abandoned and Hurt “I have to go and find myself.” This is the entire content of the text message I received, three days after I went home and found my wife gone. A couple of months before that fateful day, I knew deep in me that my Continue Reading
By Sarah Do We Let Past Traumas Define us? I work in the healthcare sector and I have heard a lot of disparaging comments against people with an EUPD diagnosis. As we get older, we have choices to make. Do we let past traumas define us or not? With things Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld Living with mental health issues is strange. It’s painful, lonely, sad, spontaneous and even exciting! Until I was diagnosed around five and half years ago I never knew I had mental health issues. I knew I was different. I felt different things to other people. And I would Continue Reading
By Jake Cox Over the last few days I’ve seen so much positivity come from Mental Health Awareness Week. So much love has been shown from complete strangers to those who are struggling. Whenever I see someone struggling or reaching out I have no hesitation in messaging that person because Continue Reading
By Jake Cox I thought I’d got rid of you, yet here you are again trying to force your way back to me trying to feed off my pain but I promised myself that you had gone. I try and put you in my past But you never leave, always Continue Reading
By RAMESH KUMARAN I have observed that social media in India gives a very distorted image about psychiatry patients. In our films they are shown as comic characters or as criminals for the audience to jeer at them. And that is exactly what they do in public life,after coming under Continue Reading
By Jake Cox Depression isn’t simply feeling sad or down, it’s waking up and all the colours around you are faded. It’s feeling like absolutely nothing yet trying to go about you daily life while carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. Your mind tells you that it Continue Reading
By Lauren Victoria Every year, without fail, I come across a sea of posts in aid of mental health awareness week. This year, I decided not to participate. Why? I have done a lot of thinking recently as I have had possibly too much time on my hands. Why is Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld My Clouded Perception Body image is the perception that a person has of their physical self and the thoughts and feelings that result from that perception. These feelings can be positive, negative or both, and are influenced by individual and environmental factors. Have you ever looked at yourself Continue Reading