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A step-by-step guide on how to break free and make a fresh start *Trigger warning: this blog discusses domestic abuse. My name is Rosy,...
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Cara Leaton
- Aug 23, 2021
- 5 min
Being diagnosed with ADD as a young adult
What comes to mind when you hear the terms ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) or ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)? Most...
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Mollie Brown
- Aug 18, 2021
- 4 min
Carnival Mirrors
How social pressure distorted my body image and impacted my mental health One in 8 adults have experienced suicidal thoughts because of...
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Kelly Eden
- Aug 6, 2021
- 4 min
Is It All “In Your Head”?
How Anxiety Can Stop You Getting an Accurate Health Assessment “I can’t tell if she’s really unwell or if her anxiety is causing it,” I...
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Anonymous
- Jul 28, 2021
- 5 min
An Insider's View on Mental Health in the Legal Profession
An Insider’s View on Mental Health in the Legal Profession Law is a high-stress profession; there’s almost no doubt about it. Having been...
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Marianne Macharia
- Jul 23, 2021
- 4 min
Psychology in the education system
Psychology in the education system I was 10 years old when my first crush died. In an instant, my carefree innocent life was never the...
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Daniela Silva
- Jul 16, 2021
- 4 min
Without Borders: Experiencing the world through words
This is a blog about talent. It’s about how a talent, even kept under “seven keys” can be multiplied and bring hope to many people… Nice...
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James Turrell
- Jul 14, 2021
- 5 min
Illness Without Diagnosis: Was I Really Anorexic?
I remember vividly the first time I was called fat. I remember the name of the person who said it, where it was and what I was wearing....
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Madeleine Finlay
- Jul 1, 2021
- 3 min
UNDERSTANDING OBSESSIVE THOUGHTS AS A SYMPTOM - NOT A CAUSE - OF ANXIETY
All my teeth are going to fall out. All my teeth are going to fall out. All. My. Teeth. Are. Going. To. Fall. Out. For approximately...
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Mollie Brown
- Jun 24, 2021
- 5 min
Heads and Tails: The two-sided nature of the gym environment
The beneficial effects of exercise on both mind and body have been public knowledge for years. Some of these benefits can be seen in...
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Evie Johnson
- Jun 22, 2021
- 4 min
Starting a Mental Health Employee Network Group at Work
Six months after graduating from University and starting my career at BMW UK, my world was torn apart when I found out a close friend...
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Laurence Gibbons
- Jun 18, 2021
- 5 min
OCD: The Boss of Me
How A Humble TV Theme Saved My Life Trigger warning: The following blog contains mention of suicidal thoughts and ideation, which some...
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Becky Pollard
- Jun 16, 2021
- 6 min
Mind over matter - a personal reflection on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
A huge issue facing us following the outbreak of COVID-19 is the number of people suffering from ongoing symptoms or long-COVID. Over...
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Nik Monastere
- Jun 10, 2021
- 4 min
Minimalism and Adventure
Giving away everything in search of something more I tossed my backpack into the back and climbed into the passenger seat. It was a...
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Chloe Faulkner
- Jun 9, 2021
- 6 min
How lockdown changed my life for the better
And several important lessons it taught me. 2020 was one of the most challenging years we’ve ever faced not only here in the UK, but...
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Anita Slater
- Jun 2, 2021
- 4 min
How poetry has eased my Pure OCD
This article is a double debut, both in discussing my OCD as a journalist, and writing about the disorder in relation to my poetry....
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Lowri Llewelyn
- May 26, 2021
- 5 min
Why I deprive myself of medication for my mental health
Trigger warning: this blog discusses mental health struggles and suicidal thoughts. Even though I’m a journalist by trade, until now, I...
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Tom Pollard
- May 20, 2021
- 5 min
What I've learnt about 'madness'
I can’t remember when I first started worrying about the idea of ‘going mad’, but by my late teens it had become such a deep-rooted fear...
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Caitlyn Fulton
- Apr 30, 2021
- 3 min
Singing Out: Music and Mental Health
I was first introduced to musical theatre when I was about 8 by my Papa — he had the Les Misérables soundtrack and after finding myself...
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Ivy Zhu
- Apr 28, 2021
- 4 min
It Is Not What You Thought — Stigma around Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
I was working as an assistant teacher in English in my hometown Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province, during the summer before...
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Christina Patsourakou
- Apr 21, 2021
- 6 min
It is all in your head
Sharing a part of yourself is never easy. Raising awareness for matters that are not widely discussed, especially amongst young women,...
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Francesco Catania
- Apr 14, 2021
- 5 min
My personal therapeutic photography as a response to adversity: how portrait and self-portrait could
Aristotele once said that “the aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inner significance; for this,...
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Paige Mckinlay
- Apr 9, 2021
- 4 min
Self-expression and how I found an outlet in musical theatre
From a young age, I always wanted to perform. As a toddler, my mum put me in all of the ‘little girl’ classes — ballet, gym-bunnies, the...
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Aisha Ali
- Mar 31, 2021
- 6 min
How My Modelling Career Ended Before It Even Began
Modelling is exciting until you experience it yourself. There are many hidden agendas that made me question the industry itself. I...
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