Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Elli Dear you, I see you. You cover it well, but I know how tired you are. Pretending you are coping, painting on a bright smile and saying, ‘Everything is fine.’ Worn out from hiding the effort it is taking you to get through each day. You rarely let Continue Reading
By Andrew Woods Two years ago, I volunteered at a conference put on by a national mental health organisation. The speakers at this conference were distinguished, successful and insightful – all the things I was not. They also all had powerful stories. Extra Generous The keynote speaker was a former Continue Reading
By Sophie Ann I sit on the corner of the white washing basket, listening to the shower spray against the glass curtain beside my head. Water flowing from cold to warm. Minutes pass and I slowly take off my clothes. The fabric falls to the floor, revealing my tan-lined skin, pale in Continue Reading
A To-Don’t List: A list for anyone overwhelmed and stressed, for those who worry too much about what we cannot control. A list for the over-thinkers.
By Jonathan Reyes I grew up without a father. To make matters worse, my mom was a horrible alcoholic that paraded a vast variety of splendid pieces of shit in and out of my life. I often joke that I looked to Juicy J and DJ Paul as fatherly figures Continue Reading
By Eddie Kedge “Lucky I don’t shoot you,” said the man standing over me in my garage. He’d already brought me to the ground and I was lying face down trying to do what he was saying to me. Well, trying to understand what he was yelling at me. “Lucky Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld Living with mental health issues is hard, really hard. But being being friends with someone who has mental health issues can also be tough. Mental Health Issues & Friendship I have lost many friends over the years because of my mental illnesses but I have gained some fantastic Continue Reading
By Poppy Alice Road To Recovery Hi, I’m Poppy, I’m 18 years old and have been struggling with mental health problems for several years. Looking back I was about 12 when I first started to notice something wasn’t quite right. It wasn’t everyday but I started to have a lack of Continue Reading
By Samantha Jones It is hard to fight constantly, day in day out, when your mind is a war zone. Fighting for the good things in life but the enemy that is mental illness, fights with all its power to keep you trapped. Sometimes you have to surrender and say Continue Reading
By Paul Jameson It’s been a funny old week. Ups and downs you might say. The Beauty of Mental Illness The down was at the beginning of the week. Less a down and more a frightening annoyance, I had a funny turn on my daily walk. It was quite a Continue Reading
By Elli Today is World Mental Health Day. I was going to repost a previously written blog, but instead I felt a strong urge to write to you today, if you are in despair. I’ve been there, in despair I know how you feel. I have been you, I have Continue Reading
By Gracie My arms they long to hold you, but it wasn’t meant to be, my heart is always breaking, you are a part of me. back then I was so frightened, now I long to hear your little cry, why can’t I see your face, however hard I try? My Continue Reading