Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Natalie Patrick I swear, going to bed can feel like a job when you have anxiety. Your body wants to sleep, but your mind–oh, no! My anxious mind is like the boogeyman. When head meets pillow, it creeps from out of the darkness. It’s 3 am, and, HELLO! Anxiety Continue Reading
By Kelly Slaney Christmas can be a fabulous time of year. In fact, Christmas can be the best time of year. It can also be absolutely ram packed full of stress and anxiety triggers and noise and mess and chaos and worst of all… All. The. People. Anxiety at Christmas Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew So I did it, I tried to go back to work. I felt I needed to at least try; I couldn’t make any decisions about what might be next until I had tried to return. Everything was under control, I felt well, I was good. My hours Continue Reading
By Elli Last month, my friend Sri and I had a four-day break in Lisbon. We are old friends – we met in sixth form – and have not holidayed together since we were 19, a fabulous two-week adventure in Italy, as you asked. This break had been a long Continue Reading
By Gabriela I spend a lot of my time living in the past. Obsessing over what could have been or what would have happened if I had done things differently. I live in the past because I am not content with the present and the unknowingness of the future. I Continue Reading
By Tina Blacksmith It doesn’t end once the abuse is over. I didn’t realise at the time that I would deal with the aftermath of growing up in a broken home for years and years after he was gone. If someone thinks abuse isn’t “a big deal” and we should Continue Reading
By Andressa Andrade Earlier this year I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. I had been struggling with my physical health for months, and had a stomach illness that made me feel sick all the time. Because I could barely eat anything and lost a lot of weight, leaving the Continue Reading
By Gabriela I haven’t been okay in quite a while. I like to paint a smile on my face and pretend I’m invincible, like I have all of the answers, but that’s not true. I still struggle, and I still hurt. I still get the living shit beat out of Continue Reading
By Lou Bell But you don’t look unwell I am a mum and a wife. I have ADHD and ASD, and some of my children have inherited these conditions as well. Every day is a battle. A battle to stay calm, to stay focused and to stay positive… and that’s Continue Reading
By Anon When you hear about mental health problems, the stigma instantly makes you think bad things. However, when I’ve opened up to my friends about my struggles with anxiety, their first response is ‘Oh, but you seem like you’ve got it together.’ Owning my anxiety helps me cope. A Continue Reading
By Gabriela One thing that no one understands, is that my mental illness will never just disappear. It is a part of me, and I am stuck with it for life. It has become my best friend, and my worst enemy, all at once. I have no way of putting Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew This is the conversation going on in my head most of the time. In the beginning, after my diagnosis of depression and anxiety, decisions on what to eat and what to wear were the most difficult thing to do in the world. If someone didn’t provide me Continue Reading