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At the beginning of lockdown I tuned in to what seemed like every news item and every daily update from Westminster. But as this year heads into winter it’s not surprising now that...
Posted by
cwmd110th Oct 2020
Hope
by Samantha Crilly
Mental illness is like a cancer of the mind,
An Imperceptible indiscriminatory presence to humankind
Those touched by it, will know it’s a debilitat...
Posted by
SANE08th Oct 2020
Ana
by Samantha Crilly
Sitting down to my family dinner,
Everyone staring as I become thinner.
Ana slowly creeping into my thoughts
Telling me to put down my knife and fork.
The...
Posted by
SANE08th Oct 2020
An Unwanted Intruder
By Samantha Crilly
I lay there asleep, in peace on my bed
Avoiding waking to confront the demon in my head
Losing myself in my beautiful dreams
Feeling free...
Posted by
SANE08th Oct 2020
Introduction to the paranoid me
There is a thought that people with paranoid schizophrenia are on the edge, teetering to do something terrible. Get their names in the paper with a ...
Posted by
sarah3305th Oct 2020
I’m not going to lie, but things at the moment just seem to be going from bad to worse. And it’s not just me being an Eyore, and having a melancholy outlook, they really are, and i...
Posted by
cwmd104th Oct 2020
Background Story...
Ok, so, none of this is easy to write but I am on the road to recovery. I am not healed or cured, and I don't think it may even be possible, but I am now in a p...
Posted by
iamcraigeveritt02nd Oct 2020
Thank goodness mental health is being talked about more openly now. It feels almost like a relief that it is being talked about more and more openly. To have any mental health issu...
Posted by
cwmd127th Sep 2020
The Black Dog
Who else has seen Sane Charity campaign? Its been going on for years and they even have a book about it. Its all the about the black dog. The black dog represents our...
Posted by
SANE24th Sep 2020
This year is barmy isn’t it? And the longer the year goes on the more song lyrics take on a more real meaning for me.
For example the news these days - it’s getting to the point th...
Posted by
cwmd120th Sep 2020