Lucy Hamilton: Lessons Learned From a Month in Quarantine
On the 24th January 2020, I woke up in our 12th floor apartment in China with the New Year holiday...
Stories by Flourish Team
Rachel Brown: My depression, my story, my fight
I have been suffering from depression since being a child due to bullying in high school. I fight this every...
Ella Donnison: 6 tips for managing coronovirus anxiety
Anxiety and worry about the current coronavirus situation is taking hold of us all, the news and social media report...
NA: Who I Am
I am a very confident lady, but my childhood has made me who I am. When I was a child...
Graham Morgan: Middlewood - All those Years Ago
It is so long ago that I was a patient in Middlewood; nearly forty years. It was my first admission...
Group Poem: Turning Still
https://youtu.be/W8yG4ueOJcQ Poetry written by Juliet McDonald, Joan Ellis, Rachel Matthews Burton and Shirin Teifouri.Artwork by Joan Ellis.Poem is recited by...
Ella Donnison: Retreat - Isolation Style!
Everything at the moment is rather hectic and feels very much out of our control. So I think it’s the...
Catherine Clarke: Mental Health Medications - Do They Work?
Prozac didn’t work well for my son – he got nightmares and became increasingly anxious. The GP doubled the dosage....
Zelda: Yesterday
Borderline personality disorder is a funny beast. This was written on a day I couldn't function, just after a day...
Group Poem: Unvisited
https://youtu.be/8Vbor1a2rek 'Unvisited' written by Joan Ellis, Rachel Burton, Juliet Mcdonald and Shirin Teifouri. Photo by Juliet Mcdonald. In particular, Connected...