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19 May 2023

Poetry, expression and anxiety: ‘Roaring Anxiety, Roaring Hypomania’

For those living with anxiety, it can be not only a passive feeling of worry, but also an acute experience of mental illness. Poet Sana El-Wakili shared her poem, ‘Roaring Anxiety, Roaring Hypomania’, with SANE, where she vividly portrays her journey with anxiety.

Roaring Anxiety, Roaring Hypomania:

You see… …

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17 May 2023

Credos: A way to ease Omar’s anxiety

There are different ways to deal with anxiety, all of which are personal and individual for the person living with the disorder. For some people experiencing anxiety, credos repeating clarifying thoughts and words of self-belief can help ease symptoms.

Mental health campaigner, Omar Laftah, uses Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy …

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15 May 2023

“You’ve been a lifeline” – Help SANE stay only a phone call away

This Mental Health Awareness Week donate to SANE and have your donation doubled, helping us stay only a phone call away from anyone affected by mental illness.

SANE is delighted to announce our participation in The Big Give ‘Kind2Mind’ Campaign. For seven days from midday on Monday 15th May to …

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15 May 2023

Life Journeys: Anxiety in childhood and beyond

For many, feeling anxious can be a natural part of adulthood – whether that’s due to careers, relationships or finances. But anxiety in childhood can be easily dismissed or disregarded. Louisa Withers tells SANE how she felt all-encompassing anxiety surrounding school from a young age – and how important teachers …

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15 May 2023

Support SANE this mental health awareness week – and your donation will be doubled

We are thrilled to be taking part in the Big Give’s ‘Kind2Mind’ Campaign – the online match funding campaign running from Monday 15th May to Monday 22nd May. This mental health awareness week, all donations made to SANE through our Big Give campaign page will be doubled!

All donations will …

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27 Apr 2023

Life Journeys: Depression, recovery and acceptance

When living with depression, a road to recovery can feel hard to find. In the latest series of Life Journeys, Sonia Sanghvi tells SANE what it is like to juggle medications, relationships and looking after your physical health – all whilst trying to rebuild from mental illness.

I didn’t know …

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19 Apr 2023

SANE backs families’ call for statutory public inquiry into patient deaths

Marjorie Wallace, founder and chief executive of SANE, has written an open letter to Steve Barclay, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, backing families’ calls to convert the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry into a statutory public inquiry.

The ongoing inquiry, which is investigating up to 2000 deaths …

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03 Apr 2023

Melissa James X SANE Spotlight

Singer-songwriter Melissa James has been a SANE ambassador since 2016. As well as producing music, Melissa works and volunteers in care homes, hospitals and communities, helping spread the power of music to people with mental illness.

In our spotlight interview, we reminisced with Melissa about her fundraising Sing4SANE events and …

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17 Mar 2023

Life Journeys: Parenting and bipolar, our normal

Raising a child can be challenging for many parents. But, what is it like to be a parent whilst also suffering from bipolar disorder? Chloe Evans tells SANE how she manages being a single mum to her daughter, Nevaeh, and her bipolar diagnosis at the same time.

Becoming a mother …

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27 Feb 2023

Anorexia and men: the hidden disease

Anorexia nervosa is a torturous and life-threatening disease, which affects people across all society demographics. But anorexia is still widely seen as a mental illness which solely affects women. James Knott tells SANE what it’s like to have anorexia as a man, and how far we have to go in …

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