Reducing the stigma around mental health
By The Stockmans Wife Having Bipolar disorder is like sitting in the passenger seat in a car race; watching your life go round in circles. Only to see a car suddenly break and spin out in front of you and you having no control over it. Your life is that Continue Reading
By Francis Sturt When I first returned from my English teaching job in Greece, my furry friend and best mate met me at the door of my flat. It wasn’t long before “Christy”, my rescued cat was sitting on my knee and purring loudly. Then, I noticed blood spots on Continue Reading
By Joanne Vigneau I have had quite an up-and-down kind of day and for reasons I can’t explain I need to try and get some of my thoughts down on paper. My mind has not been what it once was and I am no longer as sharp either so notes and Continue Reading
By Anonymous I spent 6 years diagnosed with depression. Dr’s and nurses would ask regularly, “any thoughts of self harm? Suicide? “. The focus was always on morbidity. I was eventually “upgraded ” to a diagnosis of bipolar 2. I remember my first visit to the GP afterwards. He asked Continue Reading
Carrie Fisher wore many hats throughout her lifetime. Obviously her most famous one was as Princess Leia in the Star Wars films – films that were central to the childhood of so many like me. In later life however she also donned the hat of mental health advocate. Carrie fought Continue Reading