Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Stayingalive123 A member of my family is currently battling cancer at the moment and unfortunately, they are terminal. I have been lucky enough not to have had to deal with watching someone battle this awful disease before. Facing the reality, I can tell you, I never want to see Continue Reading
By Sophie Ann There are so many things flying in my mind, crashing against my skull, creating a constant migraine of pain and exhaustion. So many questions swaying on my shoulders, dragging me down lower and lower throughout the day. So many voices telling me things that I believe and Continue Reading
By Elli Yesterday as I was chopping a pepper for tea, I cut my finger. A small but deep incision in the tip of the third finger on my left hand. I put a plaster over it but it wouldn’t stop bleeding. I tried to continue with the food prep, Continue Reading
By Sam Taylor Can the negative be the raw material for the good? In the midst of my crisis, going through recovery and afterwards, I was lucky enough to have the support of friends. Reasonably often, I heard comments such as, “You can get through this, you’re really strong”. Or Continue Reading
By Mel Ball Suicide. It’s a hard word to hear, let alone write. But it’s something I have now encountered twice in my life, and in a very short space of time. Two loved ones leaving this life – and it was hard to understand why. My friend Steve I’ll Continue Reading
By Amysboarderlineworld Mental illness affects your mind, of course, we all know that. But it doesn’t just leave you feeling down, sad or low in mood. Mental illness affects my memory and concentration, too. If this happens to you, it can leave you feeling worse, and thinking that you are Continue Reading
By Anonymous A couple of months, that’s all it has been. A couple of months of you being quite severely depressed. The depression has been going on far longer. For you, it’s been an on-off relationship for many years: over a decade. For me, I had one time many years Continue Reading
By Anne-Marie Gawen Anxious in some ways as a child and not quite comfortable in his own skin, Matt had a ‘meltdown’ aged 24 whilst living a hedonistic lifestyle in Ibiza with his girlfriend Andrea. Alcohol seemed to have played a large part – whether just because that was what Continue Reading
By Anonymous July 22, 2017 The worst thing about depression taking over during the summer is when you don’t know what it’s about. You know it can’t be your friends. You were already deciding which movies to watch with your best friend at your sleepover. You know it can’t be Continue Reading
By Marty Owens Not sure if this is the best idea, but after my therapy session today with my psychologist, I kind of thought that maybe an in-depth look into one of my sessions would give people an idea how warped my mind has been for decades. “I don’t know Continue Reading
By Felicity Gibson First, let’s get this out there: this is about me. This is all about me, and people like me, people whose lives have been irreparably damaged by cancer and all that it brings. People who have to stumble through the dark, trying to find a way in Continue Reading
By bipolaretaeus ‘Deciding to live’ is a journal entry I wrote at 4 am, during a crisis in 2014. It transpired I was experiencing a mixed episode, diagnosed very soon after this in hospital. I thought I’d posted this already, just realised I hadn’t, so thought I would. I find Continue Reading