Blogs about mental health

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Mental health blogs and personal stories

Mental health on Facebook: What's on your mind?

Submitted by James Wooldridge on Fri, 11/05/2012 - 3:54pm

Photo of James, a Time to Change blogger There is a relatively new phenomenon in the world of social networking and mental health; the Facebook relapse.

For That Strange Little Kid...

Submitted by Minuteman on Thu, 10/05/2012 - 11:53am

Painting of a man's face 'Look at his wild eyes; he’s mad'.

I distinctly remember my brother and my mother looking at me and saying those words. I must have been around thirteen or fourteen. They were both sitting on the sofa and I was in the middle of the room

I didn’t understand what they meant, I hade a point to make and I was making it but they seemed to be more interested in my behaviour than my message.

Talking about depression: "snap out of it"

Submitted by nj23 on Tue, 08/05/2012 - 3:18pm

Photo of Natalie, a Time to Change blogger Imagine someone in a wheelchair being told to get up and walk. You couldn’t envisage anyone being so insensitive. Imagine someone suffering with depression being told to ‘snap out of it’ or to just ‘smile’.

Like the first comment, if it was that simple do you not think they would have tried?You’re asking them to do the impossible: they just don’t have the strength.

Making my mental health common knoweldge

Submitted by StephenP on Tue, 08/05/2012 - 2:25pm

Photo of man running a marathon I’ve always been very open about my mental health. My friends are always watching my moods fly up and down as I post status updates on Facebook. Although people may think "Why does he post so much?"