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Take 5 To Blog - Support from Friends
As part of Time to Talk Day 2015 we asked Time to Change Facebook fans, Twitter followers, Champions and Bloggers to #Take5ToBlog. 24 of those blogs will be released over 24 hours on 5 February, in...
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Take 5 To Blog - Support from Family
As part of Time to Talk Day 2015 we asked Time to Change Facebook fans, Twitter followers, Champions and Bloggers to #Take5ToBlog. 24 of those blogs will be released over 24 hours on 5 February, in...
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Having a mental illness doesn't make me less of a person - Take 5 To Blog
My name is Clare and I have experienced depression and anxiety both in the past and recently - I have previously self harmed and developed OCD behaviours. My mental illness and affected my...
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I am finding living with anxiety tough but I am speaking up
Throughout my younger years, I'd always been the 'happy kid'. The one that was always smiling and joking. I was confident too, taking part in plays and volunteering answers in class. When I got to the...
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I made the big leap to tell people about my mental illness
I have struggled with mental illness for a few years, specifically a mood disorder. 2014 was a bit of a tricky year for me, constantly roller-coastering up and down but, for the majority of it, I was...
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I don't need my illness to be understood - just to be accepted
Content warning: This blog talks about suicidal feelings.Sometimes, living with Borderline Personality Disorder has made me not want to live at all. For over a decade I've dragged around the weight of...
View ArticleMy best friend is there when I turn to her for support
My whirlwind experience of mental health issues started after my mother passed away in 2010. My world was torn apart, and I just didn't know who to turn to. I was only 15, my GCSEs were looming and my...
View ArticleI am a mental health nurse and I have experienced mental health problems
As part of my job, I would encounter mental illness every time I went to work. I loved my job as a mental health nurse as I got to work with very vulnerable people and aid them in starting their...
View ArticleThings are getting better after I started the conversation about mental health
I suffer from depression. I have done since childhood but due to the stigma associated with it, together with my own stubborn 'there is nothing wrong with me' attitude, I couldn't or wouldn't admit...
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Navigating the roads of mental illness
Driving a car is easy, right?My Dad made driving look so effortless. I remember long car journeys down to Portsmouth to catch the ferry to the Isle of Wight- he'd be driving and talking to mum, my...
View ArticleI opened up about depression on Facebook
I wonder how much stigma is all in our minds.I say that with love, because I know how mental illness can make us think the worst of every situation. Goodness knows, I’m guilty of that.But after months...
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No one chooses mental illness, so stop judging
I’m so tired of being judged by people who know nothing about mental health. Imagine a life where people say “you’re a drama queen”, “over protective”, “crazy”, “not normal”, “unsocial”, “you hate...
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My parents should know, depression is a real illness
I am a wild, free spirit. I move countries more than I change my socks, and I chase the sun, the snowfall, and amazing opportunities. Yet for years now, people have been telling me, ‘Charmaine, you are...
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To prevent suicide, we need to support people, not reject them
Warning: This post contains references to suicide and sexual abuse which some readers may find triggering.When I was in my late-40s, I attempted suicide for the first time. It would not be the last. By...
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I didn't choose depression and it doesn't define me
I think I’ve always potentially been on the edge of depression creeping into my core, from a young age. Over the years, I’ve managed to somehow only be half way there. Teetering on the edge of it...
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Support from friends and family helped most with my mental health recovery
Five years ago I experienced my first depressive episode. I felt so low inside that I could not possibly picture a happy future for myself, and so I began to self harm and have thoughts of suicide. It...
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Everyone should have support when going through a mental health problem
When I was 18, my life was a mess. I had a great job, but I was struggling to make the most of it because of my mental state.I had an unsettled childhood, and at home I could be downright unpleasant to...
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When my OCD is bad, my friends and family are incredible
My experience of mental health, much like my condition itself, runs to two extremes. I first realised that I wasn't 'normal' when I was at primary school, things that didn't bother other kids would...
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My friends struggled to come to terms with my mental illness
During my final year at university, I was aged 20, and finally asked for help from my GP. In the words of my younger brother, I’ve always been a bit ‘quirky’. I have a hard time processing emotion...
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People with mental health problems shouldn't be made to feel isolated
There’s a lot of stigma around mental health and people who suffer with mental health, over years it's become this stigma that no one talked about it - people brush it under the carpet resulting in...
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