Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Dan Briggs I’ve had depression for 20 plus years now. Sometimes I feel it’s been so long that I can’t really remember what it feels like not to have depression. I have a beautiful, loving wife and an amazing son. I’ve got a job, a nice house, a dog Continue Reading
By Shirley Davis There are many aspects to undergoing psychotherapy that most people do not understand. There are also many misconceptions as to what to expect from this unusual and very special relationship. In this unfamiliar association between two strangers, a special bond is formed. As a therapist attempts to Continue Reading
By Shirley Davis Locus of control is a state of mind where we place our belief in how the outcomes of our lives internally or externally. Looking for someone else to make us happy is external locus of control, and a recipe for disaster. Looking inward for control over our Continue Reading
By Catherine Neish If you were going to write a book about your life, what would be the title? Who would you want to read it? Would you cover anything up? Would you expose an area of your life into the light? I want to lend you a story: ‘The 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 Harriet Russell Hello again lovely readers, I thought today I would write about how I got to where I am today, i.e. in a psychiatric hospital. I’ve lead a very charmed life and am extremely fortunate in that respect, but I’d like to stress the obvious: mental illness does Continue Reading
By Paul Jameson Follow the Giant Rabbit I watch the giant rabbit on the bed. The size of a small teenager, and ugly, it’s watching me and grinning maliciously. I can’t help but think of Pipkins and Hartley Hare, a dark demonic-looking creature, scruffy and dirty, with a grubby red Continue Reading
By Meg I feel like a criminal. It started in hospital, where many of the nurses thought it ok to shout at patients. Back then, I felt I had done something awful. Funnily enough, the night the police brought me home they treated me with compassion. They didn’t make me Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew I have always been a creative person, and have always known myself as one. Fairly early on in my counselling sessions, it became clear that my creative personality was being ignored. I wasn’t expressing my creativity day to day, and I needed to. This meant that I Continue Reading
By Michelle Robinson Is there a link between how we handle rejection and an increased suicide risk? A recent study has found that people who attempt suicide demonstrate an increase in negative consequences when experiencing social exclusion. The study found that there were differences in their brain activity. The differences Continue Reading
By Shirley Davis There are two basic facts about life that many people either were never taught, or that they try to say do not apply to themselves. We all need to understand that life isn’t easy and life isn’t fair. These two concepts are true for everyone, no matter Continue Reading
By Carly Jennings In November 2016 I was put on a mixture of medications for my mental health. Sadly, my mind was extremely poorly, and I was suffering daily. Something needed to be done. What I never anticipated was the side effect of weight gain I experienced within 2 months Continue Reading