Stigma is a horrible crime against humanity and must stop. Why should men and women suffer alone all their lives, afraid to reach out for help?
Support and where to find it – there’s no one size fits all
Finding an outlet to express your worries, symptoms and fears can be a life-saver. Working out the right option for you can be daunting.
Metaphors To Help People Understand Mental Illness
Mental illness can be hard to explain, as there are rarely any physical symptoms. I’m using metaphors to help people understand mental illness.
The Importance of Basic Self-Care: A Cautionary Tale
The rapid deterioration – perfectly healthy to a gaping black crumbling chasm within a few short months – alarmed me greatly. I’ve been an idiot!
Body Image and Dissociative Identity Disorder
My experience of body image and Dissociative Identity Disorder. My system has many different views of my body. I’m working on a stable self-image.
How to begin a conversation with your child about their mental health
A conversation with our children about mental health can be scary. We can’t ignore the problem or hope it will resolve itself – here’s how to start.
Are you afraid to open the mental health can of worms, particularly at work?
Support, compassion and hope are central to recovery, and we can all help with creating a supportive environment and ending workplace stigma.
Dear darling daughter, from your bipolar mother
A poem for my daughter, from her bipolar mother. It’s incredibly difficult for children to understand mental illness, and parenting can be hard.
Who Says We Have To Be Positive?
As humans we have always striven to make life better. It’s what drives us. The mindset of having to stay positive is killing that basic instinct.
How to love a Highly Sensitive Person, like me.
It’s hard being a Highly Sensitive Person, and even harder learning how to love a Highly Sensitive Person. Especially one with depression and anxiety.
Mental health awareness is a constant, just like the illness
May is mental health awareness month. I’ve decided to discuss consideration and awareness all year round, not just on the designated awareness month.
Are you co-dependent?
I realised I was co-dependant when the narcissist discarded me. After months helping him and being there for him, I was left wondering ‘What now?’