Culture S.H.O.C.K: Salut Hålla Olá Ciao Kumusta
Salut, Hålla, Olá, Ciao, Kumusta: these are all ways to say ‘hello’ in various languages. The first letters also happen to spell out the...
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Rebecca J Burman
- Aug 5, 2020
- 9 min
Lack of symmetry — my mental health mapped out in 180 days
Mothers Who Make is an international initiative providing mothers and makers peer support. It has been a saving grace for me during the...
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Natasha Trotman
- Jul 10, 2020
- 5 min
Lockdown awakening: Embracing the complexities
The Lockdown experience from a neurodivergent perspective: Pre-lockdown a perpetual rhythm of Go! Push, rest, repeat across different...
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Grace Gatera
- Jul 3, 2020
- 4 min
Mental Health and my vision for the future
My name is Grace Gatera. I am 27 years old. In those years, I have attempted suicide twice, and have had countless episodes of panic...
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Felice Salmon
- Jun 12, 2020
- 4 min
Abecedary of a Pandemic
A is for apocalypse — an uncovering. As we create alternative approaches to actions it is as if we are planting an acorn amidst...
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Kiran Kuri
- May 29, 2020
- 4 min
A Teenager's Experience of the Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on many lives, causing disruption globally. As an 18-year-old student, I would like...
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- May 8, 2020
- 4 min
Poetry for a new fulfilment in the Coronavirus
In a famous episode reported in the book If this is a man, Italian writer Primo Levi recalls himself speaking with another prisoner in...
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- May 1, 2020
- 4 min
Hope through unsealed blinds
“We live in unprecedented times”. It’s been said so much, the phrase has lost its meaning. Lockdown brings its challenges, but it has...
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Alessia Marrocu
- Apr 29, 2020
- 7 min
How to support a close someone battling depression
When I was invited to write about mental health for this blog, I struggled to find a topic. I was suggested: just think about why you...
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Valentina Zonca
- Apr 8, 2020
- 5 min
My quarantine during COVID-19 pandemic: a personal insight from the very red zone in Italy
I am writing from Italy, where I am spending my quarantine… but I do not remember how many days I have spent in lockdown so far, maybe...
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- Aug 27, 2019
- 3 min
HOW CAN WE STOP SUICIDE?
As I sit here and write this, I find it hard to fathom the thought of wanting to end my own life. I’ve just returned to work after my...
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- Jul 19, 2019
- 4 min
You are not your emotions
Have you ever experienced an emotion so strong it felt as if you were losing touch with your own self? Did you feel like these emotions...
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Ahmed Hankir
- Jun 5, 2019
- 10 min
‘The Wounded Healer’ — Harnessing the Power of the Performing Arts to Reduce Mental Health Related…
‘The Wounded Healer’ — Harnessing the Power of the Performing Arts to Reduce Mental Health Related Stigma in Healthcare Professionals and...
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Inspire the Mind
- May 15, 2019
- 5 min
My weakened mental health as a mother with a sick baby
I had never paid much attention to depression, anxiety, eating disorders or sleep deprivation, that is, until I had my second baby. She...
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- May 8, 2019
- 4 min
Emotions, Projected.
Film has always been a powerful and stirring medium for storytelling, especially around the theme of mental health. Here, we reflect on...
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Carmine Pariante
- Feb 29, 2016
- 4 min
Seven Things Lynn Did Not Know About Pregnancy
The Postpartum, and Why She Became Depressed I met Lynn Lu, a visual artist from Singapore, in November 2015. Lynn was working on an...
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