Stigma is still out there and it is silencing sufferers who need our help. Please, be part of the solution. Educate yourself and those around you.
The importance of getting help with anxieties and fears
Getting professional help with anxieties and persistent fears is the most important step in your recovery. Don’t be ashamed to ask for help.
Don’t wait to be asked for help
We don’t want to be a burden. The shame and guilt are overwhelming; the fear of being rejected is suffocating. Asking for help is hard.
How Can You Justify Your Own Attempted Suicides?
Can anyone comprehend why someone with a great family, job and home would try to exit their life prematurely? Do they think I was just being selfish?
GP Receptionists
When I think about the crisis team who lied to me; falsified my patient records; laughed at me; made suicide jokes; made me feel like nothing, I get palpitations
When Your Friends do not Understand Your Mental Health Condition
Your goal is to get better, period. Don’t bother arguing with friends or relatives who give you a difficult time. It’s your life – you’re the one suffering.
Hope – You’re here for a reason
The lows can be low but highs will always be higher. Flowers cannot bloom without a little rain. Trust me, you’re here for a reason. Keep fighting.
My truth: I am #1in4
I want to dedicate my life to helping people with mental health issues, so I should practise what I preach. This is my truth. I am #1in4
Men are from Mars – Men’s Mental Health
We’re human beings. We have emotions and we have feelings. But we feel we have to be tough and strong. What about men’s mental health?
Dear Psychiatrist…
Dear psychiatrist, I know you thought you were helping me by giving me a diagnosis. But now, doctors refuse to treat me and people don’t trust me.
Ugly Acronyms: the stigma attached to personality disorders
A EUPD diagnosis shortens your life by 20 years. Doctors routinely disbelieve us when we’re ill, due to the stigma attached to personality disorders.
Think before you speak – Damaging Words
‘I think you just wallow. You’ve got to push yourself. Sort yourself out. Now, try to get yourself a bit more cheerful, will you?’