‘Things are different to how they used to be; they aren’t quite right yet but it’s going to take tim
Helen is 18 years old and has received help from the mental health services CAMHs and CLD from the age of 13. She’s agreed to talk with...
Here’s to Those of Us Who Aren’t Graduating This Week
It’s graduation season. Facebook knows it, Instagram knows it; it feels like everyone in the world is graduating. If you can count...
Parents: You Will Come Out The Other Side
Emma Rawlins found herself in a position that a lot of parents are finding themselves in today. She had a teenage daughter that she loved...
I Haven't Got Time For Fun!
It can be far too easy to assume you haven’t got any time for a little self care, but in reality you can always find a small space for...
Can I Make Recovery Fit?
The other day I wrote myself a kind of mantra about recovery: Some days in recovery aren't easy. Sometimes you might feel like the world...
We need to get young people talking
If I could share some wisdom with my younger self, I think it would be the following: Times will get hard, but you will get through them...
Festive Thanks!
The tree is up, presents wrapped, cards sent... It's definitely looking a lot like Christmas as the festivities approach at quite some...
There's a mess in my head
There's a mess in my head. It's some sort of combination of anxiety, grief, hurt, and about a trillion thoughts swirling and mixing and...
I am turning my negative past into a positive future!
I remember the days in secondary school where I felt like the entire world was against me. Anything that I did, I got judged for. I was...
My experience of bullying and how I use it to help others
Being bullied is something which I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. I wouldn’t even wish it on my bully. It robs you of your self esteem,...
