Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Natalie Patrick I swear, going to bed can feel like a job when you have anxiety. Your body wants to sleep, but your mind–oh, no! My anxious mind is like the boogeyman. When head meets pillow, it creeps from out of the darkness. It’s 3 am, and, HELLO! Anxiety Continue Reading
By Wendy K. Williamson Despite seasonal depression, I try to focus on the positive aspects of the season. But it also means I must guard against the chaos that can push me to dizzying speeds. The lights, the money, the crowds, the colors in brilliant, blinding hues, are at times Continue Reading
By Samantha Jones Christmas is meant to be a happy time of year for everyone. However, this is not always possible when you live with a mental illness. Depression cannot differentiate between birthdays, Christmas, or any other day in fact. Depression doesn’t give you a day off just because everyone Continue Reading
By Kelly Slaney Christmas can be a fabulous time of year. In fact, Christmas can be the best time of year. It can also be absolutely ram packed full of stress and anxiety triggers and noise and mess and chaos and worst of all… All. The. People. Anxiety at Christmas Continue Reading
By Elli Last month, my friend Sri and I had a four-day break in Lisbon. We are old friends – we met in sixth form – and have not holidayed together since we were 19, a fabulous two-week adventure in Italy, as you asked. This break had been a long Continue Reading
By Gabriela I spend a lot of my time living in the past. Obsessing over what could have been or what would have happened if I had done things differently. I live in the past because I am not content with the present and the unknowingness of the future. I Continue Reading
By Shirley Davis I have spent the better part of the last week doing pretty much nothing, taking time to rest. Most importantly, I have thoroughly loved it! As many of you may or may not know, I am very busy between this blog, other writing projects, college, and weekly Continue Reading
By Emma Galligan The mind can be such a dangerous thing, and sadly some of us don’t get the choice to decide how it works. A lot of us feel such intense feelings of negativity that we wouldn’t wish them on our own worst enemy. The mind destructs and your Continue Reading
By Elli Not all the causes of anxiety can be rectified quickly or easily. I have found through personal (and often painful) experience, there are certain mindsets and patterns of behaviour that take months or even years to unpick. That may not sound very encouraging, especially if you are battling Continue Reading
By Bipolaretaeus I’m writing this in an attempt to give hope to those of us who battle mental illness. It stems from my insight over the years from coping with trauma, three suicide attempts, a diagnosis of Bipolar (type 1) and ADHD. Also it comes from what to expect through Continue Reading
By Anna Learning from books I am a self-confessed bookworm. So naturally, when it comes to my mental health, I turn to books for as much information and self-help as I can possibly find. Recently, my counselor recommended that I try reading Living Magically by Gill Edwards. I started reading Continue Reading
By Ruth Fox Suicide – that word caught your attention, didn’t it? The truth is, suicide catches everyone’s attention. It’s the warning signs leading up to it that go unnoticed. It is thought that one person dies from suicide every 40 seconds. Men aged between 20 and 49 are more Continue Reading