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Marie: What OCD feels like to me

OCD is different for everyone, but this is my experience. My OCD is a constant nagging doubt. Have I left the door unlocked? Have I left my handbrake off? Have I sent that file to the wrong person? Repeatedly checking whether I have done any of the things I fear brings me no greater certainty, … Continued

Joe Willis: ‘What’s Up With You”- My Daily Internal Gameshow

Joe 1: “Hello and welcome to another episode of ‘What’s Up With You?’, our daily internal gameshow written, produced and directed by me, Joe, which asks the question “What’s Up With You?’. Today we are of course joined by our regular and only contestant, me Joe! And…also Richard Osman for some reason, as I guess … Continued

Lu Skerratt: Am I Addicted to My Phone?

My phone broke a few days ago. It breathed its last techno breath and gave up, ready to be recycled into a bunch of probably not that useful parts, sent off to charity, or, knowing me, stuck in an odds-and-ends draw – the phone graveyard. I’ve been worrying about my phone usage for a while … Continued

Ruth Durkin: Leaving lockdown? Now I can, I daren’t.

Life since March 2020 has been unusual to say the least. Despite being allowed to go for walks and to the shops whilst social distancing, many people are feeling fed up and stuck at home or at worst; imprisoned. I’ve been suffering from mental health problems for most of my life so in a way … Continued

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 new information and advice each day and fear is constantly growing as a result. As a student at Sheffield University, coronavirus is the only thing I seem to be hearing about, I’m constantly bombarded with … Continued

Jack: Knitting Yourself Healthy – Hobbies and Mental Health

I (a twenty-four-year-old male) recently took up knitting after a lifetime of considering it an ‘old-lady thing’. I think this stereotype was born after I failed to master the craft despite my Nan’s best efforts to ingrain knit and purls into my brain. Maybe my stereotyping of knitting was mainly out of spite, putting it … Continued

Jack: The Media’s Relationship with Mental Health

In a world of streaming, 24/7 news and social media it is getting increasingly difficult to remove ourselves from the media’s impact, positive or negative. When it comes to the media and mental health, it seems to me the relationship doesn’t always seem to be a good one. It’s really important to keep in mind … Continued

Peter Shaw: Mental Health Awareness at University

As someone who’s spent a long time struggling with mental illness (anxiety and depression) it’s actually taken me a while to feel able to talk out about my mental health and how I’m feeling, openly and honestly. Volunteering, which I began around 3 years ago, has had a massive impact on my ability to do … Continued

Karolyn: Real Life

Real life The end is upon me I don’t know where to go next, let alone how Where I will be just six months from now In a world where you measure self-worth by CV I haven’t had time to find the real me I am jumping off a cliff with no bridge and no … Continued

Becky Mairi Farrell: Swimming – From Fear to Freedom

After the horrors of school swimming lessons, I came to enjoy swimming in my late teens. Then life got busy and my swimming dwindled away. In recent years I’ve wanted to swim again, but fear has held me back. I never had a positive body image and I have a lot of scars from self … Continued

Peter Shaw: How I’ve Taken Back Control of My Story

Having struggled with both social anxiety disorder and depression for many years without being properly diagnosed and therefore not understanding what I was going through; I have only recently become aware of the need to have control over my story of mental illness. I now know how great it can feel to be in a … Continued