Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Hannah Robyn Today I was speaking to a friend about ‘things that happened’ when I was younger and how it is hard because I can’t seem to ‘get over it’, despite many years and plenty of therapy. Overcoming past trauma isn’t easy. In talking about things I came to Continue Reading
By Anonymous I had an eating disorder as a child, and to this day I still don’t know why. I didn’t seem to realise I had a problem until I was diagnosed and had to get better. Then it was hell on earth, watching my family cry in desperation, yet Continue Reading
By Liv Anorexia, for me, was a bubble in which I hid. It kept me safe from the outside world. All the things I used to worry about before no longer felt important. It was just me and the destructive illness that is anorexia. I didn’t plan to become ill; Continue Reading
By Katrina Bruni As a nation, we are improving our awareness of mental health. Digital media has thankfully played a positive part in this, and we are able to spread the message more widely and independently. But for years, mental health denial has persisted. Mental health has been covered up, Continue Reading
By Hannah Gration These last few months have been a rollercoaster of emotions, but one thing has saved me from myself: running. This is how running saved me. I have suffered from depression, an eating disorder and Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder from the age of 12. However these various conditions Continue Reading
By Inez Today is a day my family and I thought I’d never see. Today I was accepted into university to begin my Bachelor of Science, and I will be majoring in Psychology. The photo on the left is me last week. I’ve just finished my certification as a Mental Continue Reading
By Chris J N My medication has taken away part of me With a diagnosis of bipolar, anxiety, psychosis and paranoia and the help of a psychiatrist and mental health nurse and the community mental health team and a multitude of medications, I thought I was on the path to Continue Reading
By Louise Fisher Well I have been asked to write a guest blog around my experience with mental illness. To be honest I don’t know where to start or what to even say. The last year for me has been like a never ending tornado, sucking up normality and replacing Continue Reading
By Georige Atkinson Apologies for not having been around recently to chat. You may not have even noticed that I disappeared for a while, it is easy to slip through the cracks sometimes. All too easy. I have slipped into a period of depression, or I am currently experiencing a Continue Reading
By Georgie Atkinson Well hello there! I’m glad you have found this small corner of the internet, welcome. Thank you for taking time out of the day (even if you are procrastinating) to read this blog. My journey like most journeys has been a somewhat hilly one, with copious amounts Continue Reading
By Anonymous I enquired a while ago, about doing this…. then , well you know, your brain tells you stuff so you don’t bother. However, circumstances of my life and the lives of those around me, have once again conspired to rock my boat.. I simply can’t explain the details Continue Reading
By Ben Sixsmith For all that anorexic people avoid eating food, they think about it greedily, lavishly, gluttonously. Their own food. The food of loved ones. The food of strangers. They devour a mental meal that rarely, if ever, ends. I was anorexic: emaciated, freezing cold and counting raisins before Continue Reading