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*Trigger warning: this blog discusses mental health struggles and suicidal thoughts. I’m crouched beneath the desk of my university dorm...

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,...

What comes to mind when you hear the terms ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) or ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)? Most...

How social pressure distorted my body image and impacted my mental health One in 8 adults have experienced suicidal thoughts because of...

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...

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...

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...

Trigger warning : The blog contains mentions of suicidal ideation, which some readers may find distressing. I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder back in 2016. It didn’t come as a surprise; my mother also has bipolar disorder, and I had long been presenting with symptoms similar to hers. I had experienced episodes of both hypomania and depression — going from being on top of the world, running on no sleep and spending all of my savings — to feeling guilt, shame, exhaustion,

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...

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....

I was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease in 2015. Ulcerative colitis, to be precise, which is a form of IBD that causes severe inflammation in your colon and sometimes, rectum. When I was nineteen, my bowel perforated. I had been going to the doctors for a year before this happened; concerned that something was truly wrong. I had been losing an excessive amount of weight, had experienced horrendous stomach cramps, and eventually, chronic constipation, and rectal bleedi

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...

When I got pregnant, my whole life turned around. I was feeling as healthy as I’d ever been, despite a diagnosis of gestational diabetes halfway through my pregnancy. Mentally, I was feeling on top of the world — not euphoric or manic, but mentally healthy. I had suffered from mental illness since my teens, and had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder when I reached adulthood. It was for this reason that I was put under the perinatal mental health team, because I was told I w

The beneficial effects of exercise on both mind and body have been public knowledge for years. Some of these benefits can be seen in...

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...

How A Humble TV Theme Saved My Life Trigger warning: The following blog contains mention of suicidal thoughts and ideation, which some...

A huge issue facing us following the outbreak of COVID-19 is the number of people suffering from ongoing symptoms or long-COVID. Over...

Giving away everything in search of something more I tossed my backpack into the back and climbed into the passenger seat. It was a...

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...

This article is a double debut, both in discussing my OCD as a journalist, and writing about the disorder in relation to my poetry....

Trigger warning: this blog discusses mental health struggles and suicidal thoughts. Even though I’m a journalist by trade, until now, I...

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...

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...

I was working as an assistant teacher in English in my hometown Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong province, during the summer before...