Victoria Shenton: Magical Vessels
I am in the new yet ancient woods. I see the tall trees I have seen so often yet today’s...
Stories by Flourish Team
Jessica Godley: Maybe...
When I say I want to feel normal everyone asks what that would look like, and I have no idea....
Ella Donnison: Lonely This Christmas
Loneliness is a tough subject. It can feel like there's no one to talk things through with or even have...
Karolyn: My Journey
These three poems illustrate a journey I have been on with my mental health in the last few years. Although...
Josh: Why I’m Grateful to Be Alive
Before my breakdown, I was working a stressful job that made me a lot of my money. I was OBSESSED...
Lucy Hamilton: Lessons Learned From a Month in Quarantine
On the 24th January 2020, I woke up in our 12th floor apartment in China with the New Year holiday...
Rachel Brown: My depression, my story, my fight
I have been suffering from depression since being a child due to bullying in high school. I fight this every...
Ella Donnison: 6 tips for managing coronovirus anxiety
Anxiety and worry about the current coronavirus situation is taking hold of us all, the news and social media report...
NA: Who I Am
I am a very confident lady, but my childhood has made me who I am. When I was a child...
Graham Morgan: Middlewood - All those Years Ago
It is so long ago that I was a patient in Middlewood; nearly forty years. It was my first admission...