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When I decided to learn to swim in my mid-forties, I googled for inspiration but didn’t find many success stories. Scrolling back through...

It is 2023, I am sitting in my living room in London, as a 23-year-old mental health researcher, and I am scrolling on Instagram. I see a...

I spent a ridiculous amount of time at my best friend's house when I was a teenager. Her mum would pop into her room to check on us or...

A caregiver can be defined as someone who provides care for someone else in the form of time and labour-intensive tasks. These tasks can...

Trigger warning: This article makes reference to sexual violence against women. Whilst we talk about abuse to women, our support extends...

I don’t think of home the way most people do. Born in Brazil to American members of a new religious movement/cult, I moved frequently.

Last July, I had a panic attack at Boston Logan International Airport. I was flying home to Manchester after a month in New Hampshire,...

I was depressed in my teenage years, but I didn’t know it. For most of the time during what are meant to be the happiest years of your...

Since the emergence of social media, debates have been consistently sparked about the line drawn between moderate use and disengagement...

Spirituality and science are considered irreconcilable by many. The former is an intensely subjective, first-person experience; the...

Sports. Physical Activity. An unspoken connection. A safe space.

When does a joy become a pain? How does something we love turn into something we dread? Why can something so helpful become risky? These...

In April of 2022, I started taking aerial arts classes, a form of dance originating from circus arts, where you use a hanging apparatus.

My name is Laura, I have never written a blog post in my life and if I had to define myself with a simple description, I would say that I...

The romanticisation of mental illness isn’t a new phenomenon. In fact, it’s something that defined a lot of my teen social media experience

I am 63 years old. I have had bipolar since I was 21. I have experienced one prolonged manic episode, many profound depressive episodes, and

It is no secret that the COVID-19 pandemic changed the world on a global scale. As individuals, we experienced huge changes to our daily...

The historical journey of a retired professor. I was appointed to the Chair of Psychiatry at Newcastle University in 1990. I was involved...

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a behavioural disorder marked by instability in relationships, exaggerated fear of abandonment,...

I was a child morbidly obsessed with anything spooky, landing me with the affectionate nickname ‘ghost girl’ during my primary school years.

I've been captivated by flamenco since I graduated from the Laban Centre London where I trained in contemporary dance and ballet in the '80s

From despair to action Spring is coming. A strong sun warms my back and burns away the morning’s frost. One of the many things I love...

You have probably had to deal with quite a few challenges over the years. Most of us have. Sure, some people seem to have been dealt a...

Trigger warning: This blog talks about eating disorders and disordered eating. Eating disorders have long been a rather taboo topic, and...