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I am from the UK, and this means that in just a few short weeks it will be exactly one year since our restrictions began with the first...

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 been told to go for a walk, to meditate, to practise mindfulness. And while these are all great things for general wellbeing, for a complex mood disorder like bipolar disorder, it just doesn’t work for me. And so, I deal with the condition by taking medication. I knew I wanted to take medication the moment I was diagnosed because, after exte

My first encounter with mental illness was in books. I have been a researcher and a teacher in philosophy for about ten years and I...

Sleeping constitutes around one-third of our lifetime. To put this statistic into perspective, if you live until 70 years old, around 27...

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 media teacher quite sternly telling me that I’d never make it in the media world. I was 19 when I got my first writing job, a freelance commission for The Debrief. I’d always been a blogger, whether that was through Tumblr or Wordpress. I’ve always loved to write. Being a journalist was something I had always wanted — lifestyle writing, in part

I graduated from my BSc in Psychology in 2020. At the time I was so focused on my research project which focused on trauma and...

Like many others during the early days of March’s first instalment of COVID lockdowns, I too joined the social media craze, TikTok. At...

Addressing doctors’ suicide and mental health in the world of medicine. The path of becoming and being a doctor is challenging. We may...

As we make our way through lockdown 3 there is good reason to be feeling all manner of emotions. The upheaval we have all felt has come...

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 he finally arrived. While some of the experience was positive, and some a little negative, there was always one thread that stuck out to me: Mothers who called themselves failures because they stay at home and look after their children. Traditional gender norms are ingrained in us, if you’re in a straight relationship. The mums stay at home a

This week (1st-7th Feb, 2021) is Children’s Mental Health Week. This year, the event has special significance because it falls in the...

“Hello? Can you hear me?” was not something I thought I would be saying in the middle of my counselling session. Yet here I was, in my...

The online arts movement helping brain injury survivors to tell their stories through music During the pandemic, we have adapted to new...

Addressing doctors’ suicide and mental health in the world of medicine. Suicide is not a subject that is talked about as openly or easily...

Attention-deficit and hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is a common mental disorder typically detected in childhood and is characterised by a...

Depression is a serious condition that interferes with your ability to work, sleep, to interact with friends and family. In fact, it...

Drowning — Swimming through the Crushing Weight of Suicide What is the Problem? — a Mountain to Overcome but a Mountain Nonetheless...

Psychedelics, plant medicine and ceremonies in the Amazon jungle — could this be the future of psychiatry? Ayahuasca, a brew of plants...

I am 60 years old. I have lived with bipolar disorder since I was 21. It has been a difficult and bumpy ride. Looking back, it seems...

When I think of cannabis use, I can’t help but think about the stigma and controversy that has been around it for the past few decades,...

100 different ways to deliver culture and create human connection in the time of COVID-19 At the beginning of the year, we knew 2020 was...

It goes without saying that this year has been unlike any other in our lifetime. Due to the pandemic, many of our usual Christmas...

Now that government has decided how the festival season is to be celebrated are we any clearer? In some area’s pubs may open but cannot...

*A Neurodivergent lens Due to Covid-19 there maybe even more pressure to enjoy the festive season this year and the social expectations...