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How to Cure Arachnophobia: A Personal Account
Me and my phobia I wasn’t always scared of spiders. I remember being very little and happily letting tiny red spiders run over my hands...

Elizabeth Taylor
Nov 24, 20225 min read


Anxiety: Stopping a lapse from becoming a relapse
In my early twenties, I suffered with agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is a fear of crowded places, open spaces, or being in places where it is...

Emily Rose Burley
Nov 16, 20224 min read


The Cost of 'Calories-on-Menus' for Eating Disorders
Trigger warning: This blog talks about eating disorders and disordered eating. Due to the context of this blog post, I will refrain from...

Caitlin Pentland
Sep 6, 20226 min read


Imposter Syndrome and How We Can Overcome It - Part 2
Am I a Fraud? — Imposter Syndrome and How We Can Overcome It (Part 2 of 2) This is part 2 of a 2-part series, where we will explore the...

neurominded
Sep 4, 20224 min read


Imposter Syndrome and How We Can Overcome It - Part 1
Am I a Fraud? -  Imposter Syndrome and How We Can Overcome It (Part 1 of 2) Have you ever thought ‘am I truly deserving of my position?’,...

neurominded
Aug 17, 20226 min read


Recovering from Anorexia Empowered Me to Reject the Norm and Live My Truth
Trigger warning: This blog discusses personal experiences of anorexia. I am an author and mental health advocate who has lived with an...

Julia Tannenbaum
Aug 9, 20226 min read


Self-harm is so much more complex than attention seeking
Trigger warning: This blog discusses personal experiences of self-harm. Disclaimer: While this blog shares personal accounts of...

Lowri Llewelyn
Aug 2, 20225 min read


The NHS and Training Programmes are inflexible for doctors who are different: This must change now.
“Anna has openly shared in a variety of settings her mental health difficulties. This has led me at times to be concerned about her...

Anna Sri
Aug 1, 20225 min read


Many Years in the Life of an Obsessive-Compulsive
Content Warning: This blog is about mental health, OCD and intrusive thoughts of a violent and sexually harmful nature that some may find...

Ria Fay
Jul 21, 20225 min read


I Have Body Dysmorphia
Here's How I Improve My Body Image Trigger warning: The following blog contains discussions about body dysmorphia and explicit...

Catherine Shuttleworth
Jun 22, 20225 min read


Resisting mental health medication for fear of being seen as weak
It’s late 2018 and I’m clutching the box of antidepressants (that belong to a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake...

Gemma Harris
Jun 21, 20224 min read


We Need to Stop Romanticising Eating Disorders
I have lived with an eating disorder since around the age of 12 and it has slowly destroyed my life up until my age now of 22. My illness...

Emily Bashforth
Jun 7, 20224 min read


I Find Comfort in Striving for Perfection - Even Though It Does Me More Harm Than Good
One of the few constants in my life has been the constant need and desire to be perfect, or at least to be perceived as perfect. But what...

Catherine Shuttleworth
May 10, 20225 min read


Midwifery, Mental Health and Maternal Journal - an interview with Laura Godfrey-Isaacs
Midwifery, Mental Health and Maternal Journal — an interview with Laura Godfrey-Isaacs Given the success of the Maternal Journal project...

Kristi Priestley
May 3, 20226 min read


Grandma Brain
I often think of my Grandma, my dad’s mom. I grew up in the same town as my grandparents in the Okanagan Valley of Western Canada, spent...

Jodi Pawluski
Apr 20, 20224 min read


A personal perspective on neurodivergence
A personal perspective on neurodivergence How would you react if I said you’re neurodiverse? Collectively, you as readers are! As a...

Caitlin Pentland
Apr 12, 20224 min read


Coming Out as an Orphan
It starts with a casual aside; a set of syllables that should dissolve into the ether like wisps of breath on a mid-winter morning. Yet...

James Turrell
Apr 5, 20225 min read


A Tale of Two Countries: An interview with a Russian young mother on the war in Ukraine
A Tale of Two Countries: An interview with a Russian young mother on the war in Ukraine At Inspire the Mind, we have previously published...

Anonymous
Mar 30, 20225 min read


Mania is not your punchline
Mania is not your punchline Mania is a misunderstood symptom of bipolar disorder that comes with its unique challenges and, as I’ve...

Katie Conibear
Mar 29, 20225 min read


How do you maintain recovery from an eating disorder, even when it gets boring?
How do you maintain recovery from an eating disorder, even when it gets boring? When we talk about recovery from an eating disorder, we...

Emily Bashforth
Mar 4, 20225 min read


ARFID: The Eating Disorder You Haven't Heard Of
All my life, I have been told I was just a picky eater. Even as a toddler, I struggled to eat and drink without gagging. Doctors told my...

Clare Liedstrand
Mar 4, 20225 min read


Losing a Loved One
Losing a Loved One Losing a parent is a grief-filled traumatic experience. We as humans understand that losing loved ones is inevitable....

Ricky Carroll
Feb 23, 20225 min read


International Day of Women & Girls in Science: My Journey and the Women Who Inspired It
International Day of Women & Girls in Science: My Journey and the Women Who Inspired It Author’s Note: This article is part of a...

Clare Liedstrand
Feb 11, 20224 min read


How History Helped Us Grow into the Future
How History Helped Us Grow into the Future I was astounded by the depth of my autistic son’s knowledge about naval history on a recent...

Danny Herbert
Feb 9, 20224 min read
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