It's an age old problem that we tend to be terrible at taking our own advice. We are our own worse critics and things that seem logical and sensible when we say it to our friends somehow become ridiculous and impossible when we think about it in relation to ourselves. We would never look at [...]
We all know that one of the common and nasty side effects of struggling with a mental illness is the tendency to believe ourselves to be unworthy. Unworthy of love, unworthy of opportunities, unworthy of happiness. And a common side effect of those feelings of unworthiness is the tendency to make ourselves smaller. To attempt, [...]
This next guest post is written by JC Stephenson, author of 'A Murder in Auschwitz'. Here he shares his experiences with depression: its randomness, its creeping intrusiveness, its all consuming nature, and the hope there is for overcoming and living beyond it. My Fog I did not see it myself. It took someone else to tell [...]
Talking about mental health is not always easy. In fact, I think it's rarely easy. It's the kind of conversation we avoid out of embarrassment or fear - and I think that happens whether you're trying to talk about your own mental health or whether you're trying to broach the subject of your concern about [...]
Hello there, friend. It’s time to talk. Every year, on the first Thursday in February, Time To Changeheads up #timetotalk day. Time To Change is an organisation dedicated to ending the stigma and discrimination around mental health, and the #timetotalk campaign is all about opening up conversations, giving people the opportunity to speak openly about their [...]
I'd like to take a moment to share with you a short and simple breathing exercise which I have found incredibly helpful. We hear often about the importance of breathing and noticing our breath in strategies for dealing with anxiety or panic attacks, but it's not always clear what exactly that means and we (read [...]
Image found here. Too often the issue of mental health is brushed aside. Too often people misunderstand that when suffering with mental illness we cannot just 'pull ourselves together' and that we are in fact 'making an effort', and a bigger one than could possibly be imagined if you haven't experienced it. This is why [...]
Image found here. I was so saddened to hear the news of Robin Williams death. Aladdin's Genie, Peter Pan all grown up, and the brilliant, funny, talented man who was Robin himself sadly gone from us. Almost a year ago one of the brilliant young volunteers I worked with also had his life stolen by [...]
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