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Depression

The happiness bird is a beautiful bird. She has a gorgeous plumage that, at first glance, appears yellow but, if...

I don't generally believe in role models, as I have often found the idea to not be one that appeals...

I (a twenty-four-year-old male) recently took up knitting after a lifetime of considering it an ‘old-lady thing’. I think this...

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...