Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Samantha Jones I see it all the time, friends posts are always of the happy times but never show the true them, the ups and downs of life. For many years I refrained from posting about my mental health on social media due to the stigma attached to it. Continue Reading
By Mel Ball Today I realised I can keep my “Chimp” in check. You antagonise me every time you see me. I don’t understand why you have to upset me every time you see me, do you get some kind of pleasure out of people shouting at you? Or is Continue Reading
By Gavin Walker I’ve been really struggling with writing a new blog post here, I want to write something positive, helpful and hopefully something people can take away and use to manage their own problems with Mental Illness. I wanted to write a post with tips and strategies on how Continue Reading
By Anonymous John is a mental health patient who lives in our community in blocks of small flats, John has been neglected and is running around on a different planet. Not his fault been, he’s neglected by the health service and the housing ass (Genesis). John has conned an old Continue Reading
By Ashley Phillips Link to Part 1 I have now tried half a dozen times to ask to speak to the Barnet CCG about the thousands of pounds they gave us for me to go to The Nightingale Hospital. I have been trying to feedback on how successful their money Continue Reading
By Starr Gazer Currently, I am reading for the second time a book called “You are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life” by Jen Sincero. It’s all in the title right? And just so you know, I am not reading it for Continue Reading
By Vivienne Tuffnell Life as a journey is a bit of a cliché, really. I said once, “If life is a journey, then any short-cut is a death trap,” and I stand by it. My own journey has been an odd one. A long time ago, I looked at the Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld When you have a mental illness you fight every day. Whether it’s depression, an eating disorder, anxiety you are always fighting. People will often say to me: “It’s nice to see you all better now” “I’m so glad you’re over all that.” “When you HAD depression ….” It’s like it was a Continue Reading
By Vivienne Tuffnell Just like Christmas, #WorldMentalHealthDay comes around faster and faster as I get older. I have a theory that the days are actually getting shorter, but that since clocks and all means of measuring time belong to the same universe where time is speeding up, no one can Continue Reading
By Anonymous So I guess I should talk about my mental health. In a lot of ways, my mind is very healthy. I have decent problem solving skills and get straight A’s in honors classes. But just because I’m a good student, doesn’t mean that I can’t suffer from mental Continue Reading
By Olivia Grace If you’re going to love me, truly love me, then there’s some things you need to know. I overthink every possible situation into complete oblivion and will talk myself out of everything. Oh you’d like to take to me dinner? Well there might be nothing on the Continue Reading
By Anonymous I was admitted into a local Mental Health Hospital and stayed their inpatient for a month. I wish I could say that being there was such a help and got me on the right track, but I’d be lying. The only good thing is I met a good Continue Reading