Reducing the stigma around mental health
By Shana Edwards The illusive mask, we all have one, some will have multiple. Some times we don’t even realise we’re wearing it. Just like getting off the phone to find everyone looking at you quizzically asking ‘Is that really your phone voice?’ Personally my phone voice reaches such a Continue Reading
I can’t remember the last time the thought of the self checkouts being shut brought me out in a cold sweat because I’d have to deal with a real life person.
This is my message for Mental Health Awareness. Not the one I planned, but one that is authentic and important, slightly nerve wracking to make public, but essential.
I’m not stuck up, I’m afraid. I’m not shy, I have anxiety. I’m not boring, I struggle to connect to people. I spent months alone, but I’m not so afraid now.
The anxiety’s getting worse. It feels like there’s no escape. Sometimes I look different because I’ve lost myself in the cycle.
Bullying has made me depressed and socially anxious. I’m afraid of speaking or going out. Please speak out against bullying. It can even lead to suicide.
Others’ thoughts are theirs to think and, frankly, they are none of my business. How “staying in my own lane” helps my social anxiety.
Joys of having a baby By Emily I’m Emily, I’m 29, and 22 months ago I had a baby girl born at 30 weeks. The whole experience was a traumatic one, ending in our baby girl being in intensive care for eight weeks before coming home. And she had to have numerous Continue Reading
By Shae Hansen Emotional and physical isolation is something that is truly challenging for me. I often feel like I want to barricade myself in my house and not ever emerge. I don’t feel like talking to people, and I don’t feel like even being in the vicinity as others. Continue Reading
By Anonymous I had an eating disorder as a child, and to this day I still don’t know why. I didn’t seem to realise I had a problem until I was diagnosed and had to get better. Then it was hell on earth, watching my family cry in desperation, yet Continue Reading