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This video is age-restricted and only available on youtube Katie's story told on video. A survivor of suicide who’s mental...
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Kate McAllister: Stigma and Disclosure Around Suicide
‘Disclosure: the act of making new or secret information known.’ For those of us living with a mental health problem,...
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Sadly, it’s so very fucking true that the needle of shame explodes a hole beneath skin far larger than that...
Michela Seedanee: Nightmare of Waves
I walked along a stoned beach, mesmerized by the sea view how much it has to teach, the glistening sunset...
Juliet McDonald: Two Diaries
As a child and teenager, I never had the courage to share my feelings with anybody. A few years ago...
Nila Wills: A Disorder 4 Everyone
In December 2017 I attended a conference on mental health called ‘A Disorder 4 Everyone’ (AD4E). The focus of the...
Felicity Deighton: My Story
I had my first breakdown May 2017. It hit me hard. I took my first overdose and I didn't want...
Megan Entwistle: But What Does It Look Like?
Today, I don't want to get out of my bed For today I'm a prisoner inside my own head Crippling...
Becky Mairi Farrell: Social Disclosure
“What do you do?” This is the second or third question in the small talk of meeting someone new. We’ve...
Ryan Bramley: Coming Out
It’s time to come clean. No, not like that. Not that I haven’t questioned or critiqued my sexuality before…I think...
Julian Dedman: The Cow Jumped
The Cow Jumped Poem and illustration by Julian Dedman There are no words to speak Sailing to the drifting snows...