Lennie shares where she receives support I live alone. Lockdown has been a very lonely time. I feel scared to go out. Wary of the unseen virus. The pictures in the news and adverts have caused severe flashbacks, mutism, insomnia and anxiety. The not knowing when it

Nicky shares about the things that have helped her during lockdown In March 2020 when we suddenly went into our first lockdown where everything just stopped, I was a little bit worried, but I was not massively worried about it. I was thinking about how to fill

Clem shares how volunteering helped her own mental health When thrown into the first lockdown last year, I decided to do something I’d been thinking about for a long time. I decided to volunteer at the UK-based mental health charity Woking Mind. I had always felt slightly

Niamh shares her journey through severe anxiety At the age of 18, I was diagnosed with severe anxiety. I took on too much. I pressured myself to get all A*s at college and worked myself to a literal breaking point to get into the best university I

Danielle shares her journey through anxiety & depression I have suffered with depression and anxiety for many years but often kept up the bravado that everything is 'fine' constantly pushing and busying myself with day-to-day life. During the first lockdown the distractions of daily life had suddenly

Our client shares the things she has implemented in her life  to help her The lockdown really affected my recovery journey from mental ill health.  I was doing well, having had extensive therapy and had put healthy coping mechanisms into place.  I was heading in the right direction.

Laura shares her journey through trauma I have endured many episodes of trauma and these are the things that have helped me stay on track and now finally there’s green shoots of creativity – the way to express difficult emotions so they don’t overwhelm me! As a

I was very depressed and couldn't see a route out I was 18 years old when I actually understood what anxiety and depression was, but it actually started in my childhood only in those times (I'm 37 now) I hadn't heard of those words and we never discussed

I look back on my childhood and see now that as a child I grew up having OCD. There were certain things as a child that I became very fixated upon, mainly health and being safe. At night I would be the one who would go round

My journey with poetry started when I was in the grips of my mental illness It was a way to pour my pain onto paper and were also the times the words would flow so easily. When I read poetry, or even quotes, which resonate with me,