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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Neil - My Mental Health City
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJl4-QTDpnk&t=3s Neil tells of his experiences living with a disability and his mental health. Topics include: how important it is...
Hazel: Feel More Connected
I recently performed when I was underslept, undernourished and generally feeling quite anxious. The experience was transformative for my mental...
Charlotte: Why Did I Do That?!
I grew up in a family where my emotional needs were neglected; where I didn’t feel understood, always felt odd...
Tunes of Enchantment: An Anthology of Poetry by Sheffield’s Women of Colour
‘And you ask where I come from It’s none of your business actually Where I get my beauty I respectfully...
James: Childhood Abuse I Survived, So Can You!
I was born in a beautiful little town in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The first nine years of my life were...
My Story (Anonymous)
At 26-years-old I was married with a son. I was a sound engineer, session musician, and my band was weeks...
Nicole Haythorne: Anxiety
Anxiety My friends make plans,But I can never go as one.You are my shadow,On the darkest of days.With you around,I...
Chrissie's Story
I was only 8 years old when my father killed himself after a long struggle with mental illness. The effect...
My Story
Losing someone to suicide is more than just a heaviness in the heart, it's more than a puncture in your...
Lisa's Story
If someone out there is feeling alone, if you find a tiny bit of hope, even if it is a...