Being depressed is extremely different from just feeling sad.  You cannot just ‘snap out of it’.  It is the same as having a broken leg...

Anxiety is not just feeling nervous.  Multiply feeling nervous by 1000 you are somewhat close.  It is paralyzing, you freeze, like a...

We asked the pupils at Haileybury Turnford School to submit any questions they had about mental health. Here are my answers to their...

Knowing how to help a loved one who is struggling with their mental health is hard to navigate. You can feel you are either driving...

During a breakdown no-one ever tells you how hard recovering is.  People do not realise recovering is just as hard as when you are in the...

“today is so depressing”…”you are so OCD”… “you are such a psycho”… “the weather is so bipolar”… “I’d rather slit my wrists than do...

People often compare mental health to a broken leg.  However really it could not be more different.  Breaking a leg can be pinpointed to...

For some reason taking antidepressants comes with so much stigma.  People think you are weak.  Giving in.  Not strong enough to cope....

Let them know you have noticed a change in them Let them know you are there if and when they want to talk Be there Sit with them even if...

I don’t know about you but I just can’t seem to get a balance. In life generally. It drives me crazy – literally! Life with a mental...

Psychiatric nurse turned stand up poet Rob Gee on why it’s important to laugh at ourselves... Pranks in mental health are very common:...

Lovely blog   by @SoviDreams I’m at another lunch with a friend who also struggles with their mental health and we have a new set of...

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Hello everyone. My names Charles Marshall, I run the mental health website www.authenticmentalhealth.com Twitter - @Autmentalhealth A...