Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Cynthia Fontaine Depression is not sadness My whole life, I thought depression was sadness. I thought people who were depressed were sad, and that eventually they’d “snap out of it”. I feel ashamed to have thought this, ignorant even. Depression is not sadness, and I’ll tell you exactly what Continue Reading
By Ellyse Rafferty 10 important life lessons learned in 24 years 1. Who you are right now is not who you’ll be in a year’s time. Reinvent yourself whenever you feel like it. We are always growing and changing, so go ahead and shed your skin. 2. Give what you Continue Reading
By Kat Riley I haven’t ever told my story as a whole. There’s been far too much at stake. In my mind, as far back as I remember, I have always had a very deep isolated and suffering “self.” A self that I neither like nor wish to admit to. Continue Reading
By Elli Hi, my name is Elli and I am a recovering people pleaser. I want to make other people happy, which always seemed like a good goal to have. However, this well-intentioned aim got me into hot water. I was trying to be everything to everyone. About ten years ago, Continue Reading
By Martin Seville A first-hand account of what it’s like to have an anxiety attack. Why share? When posting about anxiety, I wanted to share with people what it’s like to have anxiety attacks. I believe this is useful for those who: • suffer from anxiety attacks: to demonstrate empathy Continue Reading
By Richard Harrington Towards the end of 2012, I was hospitalised due to my mental health. Needless to say, I had reached the lowest point of my life, and needed immediate help. Each individual journey through hospital will be just that, individual. But, for me, this is how it went. Continue Reading
By Gabriela First off, let me just say hello to this new world I have plunged myself into. In writing, I hope to flicker a light inside of you that will allow you to take this journey with me in finding a way out of the darkness. I would like Continue Reading
I take what you said, and I turn it into a monster of my darkest beliefs. My brain works hard to defeat me, but I didn’t choose to have a mental illness.
By Alan D.D. Mind is breaking, nerves are wilder than never before, cannot stop crying, and something hurts a lot inside. Been there, perfectly know the feeling, and did the same thing you’re about to do. You’re about to cut. There were times I gave up and cut, but there Continue Reading
I need to choose some boots to wear to my best friend’s funeral. She is gone and it is too late. No boots I buy can bring her back.
By Elli “How are you doing?” It sounds like an everyday question, but me it started me on my path to recovery. This simple inquiry undid my barriers to recovery. I had my first panic attack at 22. I didn’t know that was what it was called, or that it Continue Reading
By Christopher Naylor “The stigma associated with mental illness harms the self-esteem of many people who have serious mental illnesses. An important consequence of reducing stigma would be to improve the self-esteem of people who have mental illnesses.” Source: ps.psychiatryonline.org. Mental health stigma damages self-esteem and delays recovery. It was Continue Reading