Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Anonymous My mom picked up drinking around this time, so she was always wasted. That’s when the abuse from her started. Her abuse was strictly mental and physical. She would get drunk off of a Gallon and a half a day. She drank so much I honestly don’t know Continue Reading
By Anonymous Well, let me start off with saying I am Miranda, I’m 22 and I live in the state of Arkansas. I wasn’t always as accepting of myself as I am now. I know the self doubt and sometimes even hatred that come along with mental illness. Especially with Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld Mental health in general seems to be everywhere at the moment – which is great. I have also noticed that there has been a big increase in the talk around men and boy’s mental health. Fantastic. About time. Did you know that the biggest killer in men under Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew So tomorrow is Monday and as always I have mixed feelings. Each Sunday evening I am reminded that I am not in work and my mind likes to remind me that I have failed at that aspect of my life. I have failed the image of a Continue Reading
By Laura Smith For around 12 years (since I was about 13) I’ve suffered poor mental health. I was told by my mum to seek help, though it was met with the standard teenage tantrum and denial. Life went on and I bumbled through, eventually becoming a head chef at Continue Reading
By Clara Rose This is a note. To my best friend. Just to say thank you. For saving my life. I’ve known you for just a few years, but i feel as though it’s been eternity. We’ve laughed, we’ve cried; fallen out and made up. You aren’t like everyone, but Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew So as predicted I am not having a good nights sleep. It’s 3:30 am and I’ve been awake for a good while. Woke up dripping in sweat as usual, God knows what I am dreaming about. Apparently last night Tim got really freaked out because I started Continue Reading
Authored by clinical psychologists and researchers Dr Sarah Parry and Dr Filippo Varese and research assistant Rachel Djabaeva. Somewhere between “a great friend”, “scary” and “hard to explain” Learning from young people and parents about hearing voices Over recent months, we have been working with young people hearing voices and Continue Reading
By Edward Wickstead Depression is simply a chemical imbalance. As a neuroscientist, that is what I like to tell myself. Why then, does it clamp onto my mind like a vice? That inexplicable feeling of self-degradation and self-destruction… it can be overwhelming. Friends have asked ‘what does having depression feel like?’, Continue Reading
By Melissa Pallant I have been battling with anxiety and depression for 4 and a half years. I am an average 22 year old with a good job, great friends and from the outside you would not think I battle this illness. The first time I started showing signs of Continue Reading
We asked you, our followers, if you’d ever seen any TV shows or movies that addressed mental health and as usual you did not disappoint! Below are the movies that you had mentioned and what you have to say about them. Perfect for spending the day chilling out and watching Continue Reading
By Nicola Anne I was on social media earlier in the week, and found myself caught up in a discussion about ear-piercing. A mother was asking what the earliest age a child could be to get their ears pierced. This question came with a disclaimer – that she was not Continue Reading