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Mar 16, 20214 min

How to write about your mental health without traumatising yourself

I’ve been a mental health writer for nearly eight years now. It’s something I enjoy writing about, and it’s something I know how to write...

Mar 12, 20214 min

Covid-19 has made leaving the house impossible - but I am trying

I’ve always been someone who loves going out. To events with friends, for sleepovers, out shopping, clubbing, you name it. I was...

Mar 7, 20213 min

What I learned by taking a three-month break from social media

I open up my Twitter app, take a look through my timeline for the last time, and click ‘Deactivate Twitter’. My relationship with the...

Mar 2, 20213 min

Yes, I enjoy walks - but I take medication to help me live with mental illness

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when I was 20. Ever since, I have heard plenty of generic comments about what to do about it. I’ve...

Feb 22, 20214 min

Why I decided to become a writer - and continued to do so after becoming a mum

I was 14 years old when I decided I wanted to become a writer. I took media studies as one of my subjects for GCSE, and I remember my...

Feb 8, 20213 min

Being a working mother made me feel like a failure - now I realise it was postnatal depression

When I was pregnant with my son, I turned to online baby groups and motherhood websites for support and to learn what I was in for when...

Oct 14, 20205 min

Mental health services are failing the working class

Telling people to ‘speak up’ and ‘be kind’ on social media isn’t going to change the fact that mental health services are failing the...