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There is no conscious moment before the physical pressure begins. I awake with a Labrador sitting on my chest, not literally you understand, but a massive metaphor of a hound preve...
Posted by
YvetteJ22nd Nov 2014
Today was my first day on the Beaumont ward at the Glenfields Bradgate unit. I was admitted late last night and after being brought to the ward I was put into room 12, and told I w...
Posted by
Caronhw21st Nov 2014
My 18 year old daughter as suffered mental health problems for a couple of years now. She is finding it hard to make/ keep friends. She never has any plans for the weekend and is a...
Posted by
Lists ripping19th Nov 2014
In the following guest blog, triber Craig shares with us the lessons he has learnt on his road to recovery from depression, and how the changes he has made have helped him start li...
The thing about labels…
Labels are great and we’d be pretty stuck without them. Years ago I went on a camping holiday and shared a caravan with a few other guys. In his incredible ...
Posted by
TristanWatson19th Nov 2014
Today was not what I expected. Yesterday I started to feel the increased dose of medication was beginning to cut in after almost two weeks. This morning I awoke feeling overwhelmin...
Posted by
Caronhw18th Nov 2014
Thoughts on suicide......
This paragraph stood out to me and made such perfect sense , thank you Aisha ASHRAF
Most people think depression is like seeing the world through a grey v...
Posted by
Caronhw18th Nov 2014
SANE Community member Caron shared some of her blog posts with us:
2 November at 22:18 · Lutterworth
I'm going to write a poem,
to say what I need to say,
about my life and how it ...
Posted by
Caronhw18th Nov 2014
Christmas.
What does it conjure up for you?
Presents? Family? Turkey?
How about just being happy?
For me, it conjures up very different thoughts and feelings.
Stress. Judgement. Fa...
Posted by
dirkgently106618th Nov 2014
An insightful blog shared by triber Aisha Ashraf on her unanswered questions about her father’s mental illness, and whether it was the cause of his behaviour, as well as comi...