Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Zoe Thomson I’ve always wondered what it would be like to be normal. To not feel crippling fear in unfamiliar situations. To have the confidence to bounce back after minor setbacks or challenges. Because of my mental illness, I may never be normal. Realising and accepting this took a Continue Reading
By Neil Hodge How could anyone love him? He looked in the mirror above the sink knowing the resultant reflection should scare him but reacting with complete indifference. He knew the person looking back at him only too well these days. Nothing shocked him. He didn’t think he had the Continue Reading
Suicide, a word that turns my stomach when I hear it, it’s of the biggest causes of death. Many of us experience the loss of someone to suicide.
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 Anonymous I have been considering my reasons for not wanting to have children and know, in my heart, amid the list of a thousand points, there’s one that I’m actually slightly ashamed of. Here is my reasoning.. We know there are people out there that use recreational drugs, perhaps Continue Reading
By Rich Tee No early waking this morning. I woke up at a reasonable hour, around 6.15am, which bucks the recent trend. I was knackered though after a week’s teaching. A late meeting at work on Wednesday and a parents evening until 7 pm on Thursday. As a result, there Continue Reading
We all go through cloudy moments in life but the sun is always there waiting to shine. We as people are the same, our light still shines brightly even when it’s cloudy.
Everyone has intrusive thoughts at one time, it’s normal. But when your thoughts start making your life difficult, you need to get help to conquer them
Dear Depression: An open letter from the girl who’s finally winning. For days I wouldn’t leave my house, not being able to face the world outside my door. With every bone in my body, from head to toe, I will fight.
By Shirley Davis There are two basic facts about life that many people either were never taught, or that they try to say do not apply to themselves. We all need to understand that life isn’t easy and life isn’t fair. These two concepts are true for everyone, no matter Continue Reading