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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Ruth Durkin: Looking After Mummy
I’ve always wanted to be a mum. In 2017 I had my first child, a beautiful boy called Gabriel. Pregnancy...
Elizabeth Shane: Life Beyond Words
Words once spoken cannot be returned. Whether asked for or not, a diagnosis is given. Truth heard in hushed sounds...
Becky Mairi Farrell: Summertime and My Mental Health
As the days lengthen and the temperatures rise, most people seem to be happy about the arrival of summer. Not...
Ruth Durkin: Chris' Story
I’ve coped with mental illness now from my early twenties, 21 to be exact, and I’m now 60. I’ve come...
Long Covid - What Chronic Fatigue Taught Me
Looking around me, I can see that we’re at the beginning of a fatigue crisis, as the long-term effects of...
Elizabeth Shane: Look Up
Look up. Two simple words once said to me and resonated. I never realised until recently, that I have spent...
Ainsley: How Talking and Being Open Has Helped Me
I’m a mixed race man with 2 children, who was brought up and lived in Sheffield the whole of my...
Anon: If I Can Survive This I Can Survive Anything
My story is simple but oh so complicated. My mental health hasn’t been great on and off for years. In...
Alex's Story
Alex’s story Age: 28 Male (from Eastern Europe) I moved to the UK about 10 years ago. In my home...
Ella Donnison: 5 Ways to Cope With Uncertainty
Uncertainty is close to home at the moment. As human beings we crave to know all the information as soon...