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Quite often I just cannot sleep.
How slow the hands of time will creep.
I toss and turn my troubled mind.
Can claim no peace or solace find.
I'm so complex, just who am I?
Childl...
Don't just tell me I'm sad or I need to just smile.
When depression engulfs you, you're lost for a while.
Don't tell me to snap out of the blackness I'm in.
I try to break through ...
Calm the wind, soothe the rain, bring forth the sunlit day.
Unleash the thoughts that cloud my mind, and help me find my way.
Undo the harm that nestled there, the thorns that grew...
I am a graduate. I am married and live in a nice house. I have a good job with my own office. I have a good social life. I have wonderful friends and family. I am a fully functioni...
I’m 24 and I’d happily retire tomorrow.
For anyone that knows me that’s a shocking statement and very out of character.
I was the girl that was born wanting to go...
It’s that time of the year when we naturally look back on what the last year brought us, and we look forward to what we hope the next year will bring.
I love a goal, and I th...
“The problem with verbal abuse is there is no evidence,” Marta shared. She came for help with a long-standing depression.
“What do you mean lack of evidence?&rdqu...
By Rocky Poole, aged 18
Why is mental health shunned and brushed under the carpet?
Why do we bury our heads in the sand when asked about our mental health?
Why are we embarrassed t...
There are many myths and “shoulds” about how families and holidays should be: Families should love each other. Families should get along. Holidays should be fun. Realit...
Oh Jesus. An institution.
All I saw at the end of our 240 mile journey to the other end of the country, was a long anonymous grey block of concrete, low level buildings. The Priory...
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