Sozzy: Are You All Right? I Really Want to Know!
I decided to share my story because I believe sharing helps shrink problems from terrifying monsters to something manageable. Once...
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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...
Lucia: Not Quite
I am not quite anything Today I am not feeling anything. Those emotions seem just out of reach I am...
Reality, check
By 11.07 AM I am captured, chased, threatened by knives, guns and clichés while tied to a chair with my...
Rob Barnett: Study Shows Benefit of Walking in Nature
Do you enjoy taking a walk to clear your head? I do, either to break up a day’s work or...
Verity Bratley: A Drop of Rain
A Drop of Rain I come from a dark stormy cloud, threatening the tranquillity around. Nothing special, insignificant but destructive...
On the Edge
Having a drink problem can happen to anybody. You might think ‘I am not that kind of person, I wasn’t...
Andrew Hudson: Time To Talk 2018
As part of the Time To Talk Day campaign I did a radio interview at BBC Radio Sheffield about mental health....