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Each month we are encouraging our bloggers to write about a themed topic. The topic for November is 'Self Care'.
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The news last night sickened me, seeing Jimmy Saville surrounded by children, putting his hands on boys, hearing him talking about making young girls say ouch, made me feel sick to...
Describing what depression feels like to others is hard - whenever I have a cloudy day, it is hard to explain why the clouds are there; I do not even know myself. I guess there may...
People run for different reasons. For some people enjoyment is the key thing, for others it’s about looking good and feeling good; running to stay happy and healthy. For me, runnin...
It is two years on but I remember the details like it was yesterday.
Walking over the bridge back to my car, the phone call that told me something was wrong. Packing a bag, driving...
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I am doing a talk to police officers who are training to be negotiators.. I was wondering if anyone had anything they would like these officers to no or have any tips f...
I feel like I'm too smart for where I am, I look at the world and I know I don't belong here. I know it sounds weird, it might sound that I'm too full of it and that I'm too smug b...
The creeping black wave which has followed me since my teens, seems to have abated somewhat over the last day. I have spent the last week in bed, only waking to eat, take my meds a...
One thing I hadn't realised until recently was that if you lived in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, you get free prescriptions on the NHS. This got me thinking, which turned i...
Living with bipolar disorder comes down to management. Or so a big proportion of scholars, researchers, psychiatrists, therapists, doctors and pundits suggest. To many, management ...
The idea of telling anyone to stop and think before they self-harm for the first time is a strange one. For most of us, I'm guessing we haven't weighed up and the pros and cons bef...
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