Stories by common topic

Anxiety

We set up the Sheffield Flourish website to allow people to share their stories, in whatever way they want to,...

Lots of people experience fear in certain situations. I think spiders are horrible. I get dizzy if I’m on a...

I’ve heard Lisa’s story in different ways quite a few times over the two years we’ve worked together. It’s a...

In 2015 I found my mental health spiraling out of control. I was full of adrenaline but too scared to...

I’m typing this on my phone on the train from Sheffield to London at 6am, I’ve been up since 4am...

Sadly, it’s so very fucking true that the needle of shame explodes a hole beneath skin far larger than that...

It’s time to come clean. No, not like that. Not that I haven’t questioned or critiqued my sexuality before…I think...

The Cow Jumped Poem and illustration by Julian Dedman There are no words to speak Sailing to the drifting snows...

Do you enjoy taking a walk to clear your head? I do, either to break up a day’s work or...

On a grey October afternoon when my mood matched the weather I visited Renew 6, a cafe in Walkley where...