Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Andressa Andrade Earlier this year I was diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. I had been struggling with my physical health for months, and had a stomach illness that made me feel sick all the time. Because I could barely eat anything and lost a lot of weight, leaving the Continue Reading
By Alan D.D. There was a day when I felt as I haven’t felt for a long while. Something was calling me, something saying my name over and over again. It yelled for me to take advantage of the emptiness I felt inside, the freezing cold that grew in my Continue Reading
By Amysborderlineworld I know it is boring to hear but it’s true – yes, I am still in recovery. Struggling in Recovery I still struggle a lot and have bad days and just recently I have struggled more than I have done for some time. I had more than the Continue Reading
By Shirley Davis Humans search for happiness in the oddest ways. We look to other people, we try to change locations, we seek out fame and fortune, yet all these things are as useful as blowing soap bubbles. Happiness is somewhere else? While cruising the web last evening, I fell Continue Reading
By Elli A few weeks ago I wrote a letter to my strong, exhausted friend. (You can read it here.) At so many points in my life I have been the person who needed to read that letter, and often I still am. But I am re-learning how to live Continue Reading
By Sara-Jane Morphew I feel the need to cocoon. A random phrase I know, but this completely sums up how I feel after my first week back at work. I’m not going to lie, I am struggling to write this. I am so tired. But I haven’t written in ages Continue Reading
By Amysboardlineworld Self-care is something that is found everywhere in the media at the moment, and rightly so. I too, am always talking or writing about it, and I read regular posts and articles about it all the time. The Blurt Foundation are an excellent example of self-care advocates, and Continue Reading
By Virginia We were in love, he and I. Deeply. Desperately. The more I loved him, though, the sadder I got. The sadder I got, the less I began to feel that love inside me. At one point, I even thought I’d fallen out of love because my chest rang Continue Reading
By Tina Blacksmith “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” – Søren Kierkegaard This year, I have started letting go of the past and making an effort to heal. My letter is part of that reflection. It feels like one of those “two steps forward, Continue Reading
I was emotionally abused by someone that I trusted, and when I started to fall into misery and self-hate, I was even more blind to the damage.
By Elli On either side of my driveway crocuses and snowdrops have started to appear. They have forced their way through the decomposing leaves; bursts of colour against the damp brown matting. I take a rake and gently pull it across the flowerbed, easing my way carefully through the flowers, trying Continue Reading
The truth of recovery is seldom what we want it to be. I’ll tell you now, recovery doesn’t mean you’ll be completely better. But every day is so worth it.