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Depression

As I sit painting a 3D cardboard K with swifts and flowers for my friend Kate, I feel so calm,...

As someone who’s spent a long time struggling with mental illness (anxiety and depression) it’s actually taken me a while...

Another Morning Another morning just waking up to a sense of dread Mist fogs my view of the mirror Who...

I was asked to interview Leon Taylor for Sheffield Flourish. Leon describes himself as having been a ‘problem child’ and...

Top 10 things that help me on a bad day: A bath - so soothing to dip my head underwater...

In the last two months of my pregnancy in 2017, I had prenatal depression. This meant that in addition to...

Having struggled with both social anxiety disorder and depression for many years without being properly diagnosed and therefore not understanding...

I had a privileged upbringing. My parents and grandparents would do anything to help me achieve what I wanted and...

On August 7th, 2017, I took the biggest leap of faith of my life and made the decision to cut...

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