Mental Health Support

The Media We Consume: Finding Balance Between Knowledge and Well-Being

I’ve been thinking lately about the type of media I like, why I choose to consume it and how it affects my mental health. This may be due to my new job in publishing, talking about…
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Fear, Uncertainty and Excitement: Beginning a New Adventure

This week I stepped into a world foreign to me. A whole new industry with its own language and culture. A role I have no experience in. For anyone, this would be an overwhelming and emotional…
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From Chaos to Clarity: My Journey to Better Time Management

An issue that has plagued me for years is how I use my time. For some time I’ve wanted to use my time more wisely. I want to know I’m getting things done in a day…
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Breaking Free From Wallowing: How I’m Pulling Myself Out of a Rut with New Routines and Small Wins

As I wrote last week I recently had the epiphany that I’ve been wallowing in depression in an unhealthy manner that has left me feeling no control in my life. Thanks to the honest and loving…
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To Myself, with Tough Love: Breaking Free from Depression’s Comforting Embrace

I just celebrated my birthday on Halloween and I initially began writing this week’s post about how difficult I can find my birthday, my existential dread around time and basically how I feel like crap right…
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From Highs to Lows: Navigating Emotional Ups and Downs at Large Social Events

My best friend’s wedding is coming up in less than a week, and in the storm of getting ready for the big day as the maid of honour, I’ve neglected to think about the mental strain…
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Reevaluating My Mental Health Journey: Why I’m Considering Stopping Treatment

I recently went to an appointment for a medical review with the long-term mental health team I’m under. On arrival, I was told my coordinator was sick and therefore had gone home for the day, which…
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Mental Health Initiatives: It’s Time for Deeper Solutions, Not Quick Fixes

British society has come a long way in terms of mental health in the last decade. Depression and anxiety are everyday words now and information regarding mental health is widely distributed and digestible. We have a…
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Lost in Unemployment: The Struggle Between Work, Identity, and Mental Health

I got my first job, outside of some acting work I did as a child when I was 16. It was only a few hours on a Saturday and for a full week in the school…
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The Complexities of Mental Health Medication: A Personal Decade-Long Journey

I recently had a meeting at the Job Centre regarding some freelance work I picked up. During the interview, I mentioned that I’d had a break from work due to mental illness which resulted in hospitalisation.…
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