What is the right level of emotion you should feel? It seems to be all or nothing for me. Can there be a middle ground please?
12 Weeks Worth of Journal Prompts
We have listed out 12 weeks worth of journal prompts. These are taken from our mental health daily planner and journal, designed to help get a better grasp on your day and your mindset.
Getting Your Mental Illness Diagnosis
What I would do differently and what I wish I had been told before getting my mental health diagnosis
Trigger Warning: Running Out of Ideas
I’m fighting a losing battle and nothing seems to help. I’m running out of ideas. There’s no advice or message of hope here. I’m tired.
Could this be an end to the antidepressant lottery?
You try one antidepressant that doesn’t work, then another, and another, always searching for the correct medication. But that could be about to end
Why Do We Think Our Brain Doesn’t Get Sick?
We discredit mental health when it comes to sick days. But without the brain, we’d be dead. The brain works the hardest, so let your brain have a break!
Goodbye 2017…. It’s Been Emotional
As 2017 draws to an end, I find myself in a reflective mood. From massive highs to crushing lows, it’s been an emotional year.
10 ways to beat the January blues
Think of these as suggestions, or permissions, to enable you to survive and maybe even enjoy this tricky time of year. What do you do to help you cope with the January blues?
Putting yourself first at Christmas
Every year part of me dreads Christmas as it is. Partly because of things that have happened in my life at that time of year, and partly because of the pressure to be ‘happy’
Insomnia’s grip is getting bigger
By Alan D.D. I know the feeling. You’re tired to death, want to take a rest, want to forget it all and just close your eyes for a while. It could be either under the sun or the moonlight, but there’s something inside that prevents you. A voice, a sound, Continue Reading
Roughing it for our heroes
Hopefully my roughing it challenge will show how many of our veterans are suffering this Christmas but also let those that are suffering know how many care
At Last I Can See the light!
By Mel Ball At last… The one phrase I have been longing to hear for the last 6 months! I have been fighting mental and physical health problems for over a year now and at last I am starting to see the end of my journey of discovery. I’m not Continue Reading