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January 2018
Here I reflect upon the months that I spent sat alone in my car all day in 2017. I hadn’t told my wife that I was having recurring spells where I couldn’t ...
January 2018
A view on how Bipolar Disorder can feel like an unrelenting force..
WARS
It swings & it moves like the tides ’round the shore,
It hits you from nowhere, then goe...
January 2018
This was inspired by a course that I did on NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) year ago, whereby the premise is that you automatically go to memories / instilled belie...
January 2018
An escape in mind..
MY PLACE
There is a place I like to go,
Where there’s a gentle breeze & time moves slow..
You’re there with me, you hold my hand,
We wa...
January 2018
I suppose this is a bit like a prayer (recited during a time of chaos in my mind)..
LIFT ME UP
There is no peace inside my head,
My soul feels weak, my presence dead.....
February 2018
We all have good & bad memories. I am attempting lately to not let the bad ones visit me, but to go instead to the good ones as often as I can..
MEMORIES
Memories dri...
February 2018
A very lighthearted take on my stay in hospital! I needed some humour on the day I wrote this (I was in hospital at the time). It is not reflective of the care that I...
February 2018
This poem sums up how difficult I find mindfulness sometimes! It’s tricky, but with practice I am getting better at it. It works..
MINDFULNESS
Rain falls gently...
February 2018
This poem gives good advice.. I’m good at giving advice, but less able to follow it!
RECOVERY
Be kind to yourself, take plenty of time,
To work out which mounta...
March 2018
This poem sums up my feelings of frustration & despair as I live out endless days on sick leave from work following my discharge from hospital last month..
ENDLESS DAYS
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