Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Jake Cox Depression isn’t simply feeling sad or down, it’s waking up and all the colours around you are faded. It’s feeling like absolutely nothing yet trying to go about you daily life while carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders. Your mind tells you that it Continue Reading
Mental health is so confusing. One day you are in Disneyland taking selfies, and a few days later you’re hiding in a library toilet cubicle.
By Jake Cox When it Hits You Sometimes, you’ll have a really good couple of days full of laughter and full of absolute joy. You think you’re finally starting to feel yourself again and then it hits you, everything starts to come back. It’s starting all over again. It hurts Continue Reading
By Jake Cox I hope that this finds someone who is having a tough time at the moment and it helps you rediscover yourself. Don’t allow the dark moments to take you over because once you rediscover the light you can take yourself back from the thoughts and feelings. Please Continue Reading
By Mental Drama Queen I’ve been thinking a lot about where I was this time last year. I was so low. Nothing was enjoyable. There were days when I couldn’t get out of bed, let alone leave the house. I felt so alone. I was constantly having panic attacks. Just Continue Reading
By Lauren Victoria The last few weeks have been quite tricky, and it seems that it still isn’t letting up. I thought once I’d physically healed, I would feel better. I thought that once I returned to work, I would feel better. That my mind would be occupied. All would Continue Reading
For over 10 years I was in the depths of mental illness. Every single day. I wanted to die, but becoming a mother saved me.
I hope this poem helps anyone who reads it to find the strength to say ENOUGH to all those voices, all those feelings and all those demons.
I am getting out there and managing to be around other people on my own. Not as a mum, or a wife. Simply as a person who is struggling in life.
I recently had a flash of inspiration about things I’ve done despite being riddled with social anxiety. There’s definitely a determined streak in me.
The lows can be low but highs will always be higher. Flowers cannot bloom without a little rain. Trust me, you’re here for a reason. Keep fighting.
It takes courage to talk about how you feel when you’re battling mental illness. Your mental illness does not define you.