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I used to love Love Island. I remember discovering it at season two, and binge-watched the whole of series one just so that I was caught up on all of the gossip and the drama. I understand why people love the show — it’s a distraction from real life. Beautiful people lining up opposite other beautiful people to pick and choose who they fancy the most. We sit and stare at our screens as the drama unfolds each night at 9pm, an escape from the realities we are living. Especially

I first came across the study of depression as a biomedical science student. We discussed mental illness as a consequence or a side...

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

When thinking about maternal mental health and how difficulties with it may influence a developing baby, it is only natural to imagine...

The Commodification of Pride & its Impact on LGBTQ+ Mental Health

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...

In A World Apt For Escapism, Why Stay? The world is brimming with content. Video games, books, movies, articles, social media...

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

Let’s talk about your brain on motherhood for a minute or two. I’m a neuroscientist who studies the maternal brain. When I mention the...

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...

It’s 2021, and finally, people are loving their bodies, exploring being body positive, and sharing that self-love advice with other people. I have to admit, as a plus-sized woman, it makes me feel better. It makes me feel like it’s okay to be totally and authentically me, and I love seeing other people showering themselves in self-love. But, is it okay not to feel positive about your body all of the time? Does that make me a fraud? Sometimes, I ask myself this question. I liv

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

I have been a journalist since I was 17 years old. I’m nearly 26. So, that’s a long time for someone who’s still young. It started with writing for free for a well-known music magazine, and after blogging about my experience with inflammatory bowel disease through my own platform, I landed a job at Metro.co.uk. Metro.co.uk was my home for five years, I worked with some wonderful editors and met many talented writers who have gone on to do incredible things. I am so lucky that

Trigger warning: The following column contains discussions on self-harm, which some readers may find distressing. I self-harmed for years. It started with my hips. I would wait until everyone in the house was asleep, to take out the tools I would use to harm myself. I was fifteen and I had an eating disorder. Bulimia. I was so poorly that my lung ended up collapsing as vomit got stuck in my chest cavity. I was so mentally unwell that the only way I felt like I could take cont

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

The role of our genes and the role of the environment Numerous studies so far have shown there is a connection between depression and...

I’m tired of people telling me to get therapy. There, I said it. This might sound odd. Surely, people are trying to help, right? They’re trying to be thoughtful. They’re noticing that something’s up and that you need support (as long as it isn’t said in a spiteful way, of course). But it’s not that simple. Because therapy isn’t accessible to everyone. Unfortunately, especially during the time of Covid-19, therapy is harder than ever to get. I’ve been on a waiting list for psy

Why we need to talk about black mental health As a young, black researcher at the beginning of a career in mental health research,...

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...

On the road to reframing the narrative on mental health following the COVID-19 outbreak When I started writing this, it was mental health...

Consider processing and strengthening your mental health by letting your creativity flourish Once upon a time in a land far away — also...

One in seven adolescents worldwide experienced mental health difficulties in 2019, with depression being one of the leading causes of...