Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Kelly Horner It has become increasingly apparent to me that one of the biggest hurdles for people who want to help loved ones suffering from mental ill health is empathy. The ability to walk a mile in their shoes. To put themselves in their loved one’s position. Only then Continue Reading
By bipolaretaeus Before this most recent severe depression (and lesser episodes/cycling in between) I had a manic episode with mixed features which landed me my first acute admission to a psychiatric hospital. It was the most terrifying moment of my life. I’d never had one before and it came on with no Continue Reading
By Rachel Kellett I ended up in a psychiatric hospital. The hospital was out of area, to keep confidentiality, which unfortunately left friends and family a fair distance away. The experience itself was in retrospect a great learning curve as a doctor but it’s one that still makes me deeply Continue Reading
By Rachel Kellett Even the most enthusiastic foundation doctor on a busy acute medicine ward would agree, when your supervising consultant gives you three days notice to present at the grand round, it’s unlikely to leave you jumping for joy. She had an audit to show and wanted a case Continue Reading
By Elyse Hall So this is something new that I’m trying out. Blogging. Specifically I want to blog about my life, my PTSD recovery, my mental health journey and fashion! I suppose first I should introduce myself. My name is Elyse Hall. I love fashion, it provides a wonderful way Continue Reading
By Anonymous I’ve been battling with mental health problems for six years now. Problems?? Why do they label us the ones with problems? We are just like everyone else just a little more fragile. No problem. I was diagnosed with PTSD, depression, anxiety, anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa when I Continue Reading
By Alexis Morton In a newly-release statement released via attorney Kirk Pasich, Cornell’s family says they believe that “if Chris took his life, he did not know what he was doing, and that drugs or other substances may have affected his actions.” The statement adds: “Without the results of toxicology Continue Reading
By Ramblinsofruin When I first moved to Taiwan I thought about suicide every day. I thought about it every morning when I woke up, and on my walks to work. I thought about it while I was teaching, and during my breaks between lessons. I thought about it on my Continue Reading
By Anonymous Depression, invisible to the eye And difficult to define It’s hard for people to comprehend Despite their efforts to pretend. Everyone’s low in their life Everyone deals with trouble and strife Imagine if those feelings won’t shift Imagine that dark cloud refuses to lift. Pull yourself together – Continue Reading
By Anonymous I have long list of mental health problems, from paranoid schizophrenia to insomnia. Things get a little too much at times and sometimes I feel like suicide is the only way out. I’ve tried to do it several times. I know I shouldn’t but it seems the best thing Continue Reading
By Samantha Jones This time last year I was at the bridge ready to jump but suddenly, with no warning, strangers jumped out their car and pulled me back to safety. I hear you ask many questions, why? Where? How could you? But that’s not why I’m writing this, as Continue Reading
By Samantha Jones A poem for people considering suicide… You look and stare So easy to judge You tell your friend With a simple nudge My scars are visible But my story is hid It all began When I was a kid You don’t know why But don’t even ask Continue Reading