Category: Authors/chester/Kirsty/Mental Health/Readers Stories/Suicide One More Light – One Year On Posted On 6th August 20185th August 2018 By 1in4 Chester’s art was powerful, emotive, unique and beautiful. It never failed to make me feel intensely; I ache when I listen to it.
Category: Amysboardlineworld/Authors/Eating Disorder/Mental Health/Readers Stories Anorexia and me Posted On 5th August 20182nd August 2018 By 1in4 If your best friend told you every day you were fat, disgusting, pathetic, ugly, wouldn’t you dump her? I don’t. I keep letting her come back.
Category: Authors/Knowing Yourself/Make a Difference/Maria Kernott/Poetry/Readers Stories Mirror Posted On 4th August 20182nd August 2018 By 1in4 When I look in the mirror | There is nothing to see | I am blinded by the feeling |Just not wanting to be | She used to be there | Many moons ago
Category: Authors/Knowing Yourself/Lisa Waugh/Make a Difference/Mental Health at work/Readers Stories Tears Won’t Come Posted On 3rd August 20182nd August 2018 By 1in4 My eyes sting with the start of tears, but they just don’t want to come out. Maybe letting them all go would help, but would I be able to stop?
Category: Anxiety/Authors/Mental Health/Rachael Senior/Readers Stories/treatment My First CBT session Posted On 1st August 20182nd August 2018 By 1in4 Everything she said rung true, and I cried. I think they were tears of relief or happiness that she plucked that example out of thin air.
Category: Adenike/Authors/Compassion/Make a Difference/Readers Stories/Recovery I Choose To Forgive Posted On 1st August 20181st August 2018 By 1in41 Comment As a Christian, I look to the scriptures for examples on how I should live my life. I’m sharing why I choose to forgive and some tips on letting go.
Category: Authors/Cynthia Fontaine/Depression/Mental Health/Poetry Depression is not beautiful Posted On 30th July 201827th July 2018 By 1in41 Comment depression is not beautiful | everything is overwhelming, dark and sad | even when it’s sunny, you see dark clouds | it’s a mental breakdown every day
Category: Anxiety/Authors/Mental Health/Readers Stories/Rio G/treatment Here We Go Again Posted On 30th July 201827th July 2018 By 1in4 My head is chaos. Here we go again. Paranoia creeps in round the edges, and I start to notice those intense feelings of panic.
Category: Anxiety/Authors/Knowing Yourself/Lindsay/Make a Difference/Mental Health/Readers Stories Anxiety > Normality: 13 Things Affected by Anxiety Posted On 27th July 201823rd July 2018 By 1in4 Even if I am passionate about something, I’ll be extremely hesitant to bring it up for fear of mockery or a nonplussed, glassy-eyed stare.
Category: Authors/Knowing Yourself/Make a Difference/Readers Stories/Rosie Ros/self-help Happiness – Find Your Missing Piece Posted On 26th July 201823rd July 2018 By 1in4 I recently taught myself some new skills and I felt so so pleased with myself!! Unbelievably so! I thought, ‘Wow, I can do this. I can do anything.’
Category: BPD/Mental Health/Readers Stories My Mania with Borderline Personality Disorder Posted On 23rd July 201820th July 2018 By 1in4 It’s usually the depressive episodes I get. Rarely do I get episodes of mania with Borderline Personality Disorder, and wow, does it feel good!
Category: Authors/Causes/Make a Difference/Mental Health/Poetry/Readers Stories/Sarah Strutt/Stigma Searching – Am I impossible to love? Posted On 22nd July 201819th July 2018 By 1in4 Thought I was impossible to love | Demonised when my only way to cope was to shed blood | People told me that they cared, but they showed me otherwise |