Talking about mental health

The blogs below are written by people with personal experience of mental health problems. By talking about their experiences, they aim to break down stereotypes and take the taboo out of something that can affect us all. You can also read our tips on:

The more I've talked about mental health, the easier it has become

Submitted by Louise_ on Mon, 20/05/2013 - 1:36pm

Louise I have come a long way since I first became involved with Time to Change, almost two years ago. At that time I was determined that something needed to be done to stop the stigma around the subject of mental health.

Mental Health Awareness Week 2013

Submitted by Time to Change on Fri, 17/05/2013 - 5:35pm

This week is The Mental Health Foundation's Mental Health Awareness Week, in which they're focussing on the benefit of physical activity and mental wellbeing. We asked our bloggers to tell us the role that physical activity has in their wellbeing.

Exercise? You must be joking!

Blogger: 99LillyBet

Katharine Welby: my experiences of talking about depression

Submitted by Katharine Welby on Wed, 15/05/2013 - 4:31pm

Katharine Welby | Photo taken by Jonathan Self; all rights reserved 2013. www.jonathanself.co.uk So, I am sitting here, writing a blog for Time to Change on the impact and effect that writing a blog post on depression has had on me.

Academic life and mental illness is not a smooth ride but it can be done

Submitted by __kate__ on Wed, 15/05/2013 - 12:35pm

Kate, a lecturer at Goldsmiths I'm a university lecturer at Goldsmiths and during Mental Health Awareness week I'm sitting on a staff/student panel, an event organised by our Disability Team, discussing the challenges of mental health issues and university life. The reasons I feel able to contribute to this?