Adam Meyers: My Life After a Critical Incident
My name is Adam and I have been a Police Officer in Wisconsin for 23 years. I am also a...
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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...
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...
Lucy Hamilton: Lessons Learned From a Month in Quarantine
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Josh: Why I’m Grateful to Be Alive
Before my breakdown, I was working a stressful job that made me a lot of my money. I was OBSESSED...
Trish Chester: I Want to Tell You a Story
“Are you sitting comfortably …” “The courage it takes to share your story might be the very thing someone else...
Anne Sophie: A Letter to the Person I Could Have Been
I have been wondering about you since I started therapy. You’re more mythical than Bigfoot. I’ve only caught you in...
Cerowyn Browne: My Journey
These three poems illustrate a journey I have been on with my mental health in the last few years. Although...
Trish Chester: Silver Linings
David Essex seductively assured me (with a cheeky pause) 'every cloud's got a silver --- lining', and Jeff Beck greeted...
Ruth Durkin: How to Talk to a Friend
If a friend confides in you that they are feeling unwell in terms of depression, anxiety, stress or any other...