Kim: Coping Strategies
When I was 12, I began self-harming. For me, this was for such a mixture of reasons as I am...
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Lu Skerratt: Am I Addicted to My Phone?
My phone broke a few days ago. It breathed its last techno breath and gave up, ready to be recycled...
Trish Chester: Sad, Mad and Bad
When I was eleven years old a so-called ‘novelty’ record was released, called ‘They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha...
Ryan Oxley: Sobriety and Mindful Meditation
I’ve waited about six months to write this down. It comes at a time of national emergency and enforced lockdown,...
Karolyn: Lockdown Poetry Workshop
I have created this poetry workshop to help get your creative juices flowing and get you writing poems about your...
Group Poem: Unvisited
https://youtu.be/8Vbor1a2rek 'Unvisited' written by Joan Ellis, Rachel Burton, Juliet Mcdonald and Shirin Teifouri. Photo by Juliet Mcdonald. In particular, Connected...
Zelda: Yesterday
Borderline personality disorder is a funny beast. This was written on a day I couldn't function, just after a day...
Ruth Durkin: Leaving lockdown? Now I can, I daren’t.
Life since March 2020 has been unusual to say the least. Despite being allowed to go for walks and to...
Catherine Clarke: Mental Health Medications - Do They Work?
Prozac didn’t work well for my son – he got nightmares and became increasingly anxious. The GP doubled the dosage....
Ella Donnison: Retreat - Isolation Style!
Everything at the moment is rather hectic and feels very much out of our control. So I think it’s the...
Group Poem: Turning Still
https://youtu.be/W8yG4ueOJcQ Poetry written by Juliet McDonald, Joan Ellis, Rachel Matthews Burton and Shirin Teifouri.Artwork by Joan Ellis.Poem is recited by...