Blogs about mental health

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Mental health blogs and personal stories

Forget-Me-Not: cards for mental or emotional illness

Submitted by -Clare- on Wed, 19/06/2013 - 9:18am

I’ve written a blog for Time to Change before about support from family and friends and how that really helps me in my on-going recovery from depression and anxiety, and just to cope day to day.

Telling my parents I have a mental illness was the hardest part

Submitted by natalieanneread on Tue, 18/06/2013 - 5:30pm

Natalie The hardest issue I had to face was to tell my parents I was ill. They were worried, understandably, and wondered why I hadn't come to them earlier. They didn't understand what was going on and had no idea what it was that I was facing.

Who cares?

Submitted by _Carla_ on Mon, 17/06/2013 - 5:58pm

Caral Well, we should. Mental health is a conversation topic avoided by many, perhaps we are scared, but I know for sure that many of us are uncomfortable with it. One thing is crystal: there is extensive stigmatization surrounding the issue today and this needs to stop.

Nobody is ashamed to admit that they have hayfever

Submitted by __Mark__ on Fri, 14/06/2013 - 3:52pm

Mark Many people take some kind of medication. Some people take pills to bring down their blood pressure, some people take something to relieve heartburn after a hot curry, and others take tablets to help with arthritis after playing too much football in their youth.