Reducing the stigma around mental health
By MissyDee My talk with suicide No, I am not suicidal. I’m pretty damn logical and well-balanced, I think. I might be emotional at times, but that is my need for acceptance rearing its head. A horrible depression, far more insidious than my normal episodes, made me struggle for about Continue Reading
By Eleanor Johnson & the 1in4 followers There’s one thing that anyone suffering from a mental illness needs, and that is love and support. It’s not always easy to love people when they don’t love themselves, but despite often feeling the contrary, there is almost always someone who wants to be there Continue Reading
Why is it that I have this need to do everything, to be SUPERWOMAN? Who is it I’m trying to impress and why do I have this fear of failure
By Elli What do you say to someone suffering from anxiety? It can be hard to know. You hope you can help, but you don’t want to put your foot in it, or say the wrong thing. You don’t want to make matters worse. Let me reassure you – there Continue Reading
By Victoria Jane Starting to heal again You can tell when you are starting to heal again when you put on a stone. Rediscover your former self again, no longer give a shit what other people think of you, no longer feel like you are losing the plot, know your Continue Reading
By Neil Hodge ‘DEPRESSION ISN’T REAL!’ Just recently, this Twitter account has been brought to my attention. It’s full of hateful, unhelpful comments about mental health. Andrew Tate ✔ @Cobratate Depression isn’t real. You feel sad, you move on. You will always be depressed if your life is depressing. Change it. Continue Reading
By Wendy K. Williamson It is Mental Illness Awareness Week October 5 through 11, making it the perfect time to bring up stigma. Unfortunately there exists a huge gap in the public perception of mental illness and the reality of who we are as human beings. If there wasn’t, we Continue Reading
By Elli Yesterday as I was chopping a pepper for tea, I cut my finger. A small but deep incision in the tip of the third finger on my left hand. I put a plaster over it but it wouldn’t stop bleeding. I tried to continue with the food prep, Continue Reading
By Justine Hemmestad My car was hit by a bus 27 years ago in California. I sustained a severe brain injury – but my PTSD has long outlived my physical struggles. A Veteran approached me about a month ago as I was walking into Walmart with my 14 year old Continue Reading
By Carrie As anyone with a mental illness of any kind will understand, stigma comes from so many places. Mostly expected places. Parents who “don’t know what you have to be depressed about”, friends who say, “It’s fine, calm down”, or employers that don’t see why a panic attack gives Continue Reading
By Tina Blacksmith Mental illness really is as bad as it sounds. It’s hard to believe it’s already been over a month since Chester passed away. I remember, actually quite fondly, listening to Linkin Park every single day for a long period of time during my teen years. His memory Continue Reading
By Alison Cervoj Stigma I want to talk to you about stigma, and at the same time share part of my experience of mental illness and continual recovery, which comes complete with the occasional relapse. We need to talk about mental illness to help to end the stigma. What bothers Continue Reading