Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Darren Vincent Graham As I sit in this hole, Surrounded by the world. I hear people say, Stop being a girl. That’s just the way, We look at mental health. Like a borrowed book, Just sat on your shelf. You’ll never know the story, If you don’t turn the page. Continue Reading
By Emma Kennedy I always felt different, like I didn’t belong, and never understood others completely. Nothing much has changed. I’m 37 years young, and learning more about me and the world everyday. Facing my depression, anxiety and alcoholism Since realising I had depression (aged 16), social anxiety (aged 21), and that those two Continue Reading
Earlier today, Talinda Bennington released a statement following the suicide of her husband, Chester Bennington, lead singer of Linkin Park “One week ago today, I lost my soulmate and my children lost their hero-their Daddy. We had a fairytale life and now it has turned into some sick Shakespearean tragedy. Continue Reading
Following the suicide of Chester Bennington, a fan of Linkin Park has died by suicide. A friend of the deceased fan made the following comment here “My best friend, who has had a very rough life, took Chester’s death very hard and decided to take her own life last night. It Continue Reading
By Susan McKinstery The process of recovery, revival, rehabilitation Of being yourself again Possesses a quality no one tells you about There is no cataclysmic event Through which you are restored Rather it is the gradual clearing of a fog And the big secret? You are often the last to know Continue Reading
By Jeremy Welton The year is 1991, my older brother is in college, and much like most kids in their late teens when they leave school, his music tastes are being explored and have been expanded by the people who surround him. Much of the great music he discovered on Continue Reading
Following the tragic death of Chester Bennington, the remaining members of the Linkin Park – Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Dave Farrell, Joe Hahn, and Rob Bourdon – have released a statement as a tribute to their fallen bandmate and close friend. You can read the full statement that was posted by the band below: “Dear Chester, Continue Reading
By Melissa I’m the prey to my depression, living through this hell. I feel you hunting me and I’m not doing very well. I feel your eyes burning into me as your black shadow engulfs me. I’m captured and you’ve locked me in the prison called my mind, circling around Continue Reading
By Marié-Louise Bellivent Chester Bennington was the front man of Linkin Park, a nu-metal/alternative band that appeared on the scene in 2000 with their debut album Hybrid Theory. At this point I was 13 and at the start of my journey with depression, which was severe at the beginning. Linkin Park, Continue Reading
Since the tragic suicide of Chester Bennington, I have read numerous comments which roughly go like this: ‘I have a mental health condition but if someone like Chester with all the money, success, children etc that he had still couldn’t survive his demons, what hope do I have?’ It is Continue Reading
By Aiman Azman I have just heard the worst news of the day, of the week, and most probably of the year. It’s a sad day due to the departure of Chester Bennington, the frontman of Linkin Park. He died by suicide, by hanging himself. He was struggling with depression 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