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May 2018

Mental Illnesses

Using Analogies to Help Explain Mental Health

Following on from the previous article on how to explain mental health to others I thought I would write a little more specifically about using analogies to explain depression and anxiety. Why depression and anxiety? Because these are the issues I experience personally and can share my experiences. Although my Read more…

By Tania Kinsey, 9 months2 weeks ago
Mental Illnesses

How Do You Explain Mental Health Problems to Others?

We often see that famous statistic around – 1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem at some point in our lifetime (though I recently read an article that said that figure could be higher at around 50%). This should suggest that all of us will know Read more…

By Tania Kinsey, 9 months2 weeks ago
Mental Health Awareness Week 2018

Be there for your mate. MENtal Health.

This is part of our blog series written in conjunction with our lovely corporate partner, InterQuest Group, across Mental Health Awareness Week 2018. Trigger warning: This article speaks about suicide. Just be a man will you? Man up and get it done. Big boys don’t cry. Oh grow some… well, Read more…

By Gareth Molyneux, 9 months2 weeks ago
Mental Health Awareness Week 2018

Learn to Listen

This is part of our blog series written in conjunction with our lovely corporate partner, InterQuest Group, across Mental Health Awareness Week 2018. Trigger warning: This article mentions self-harm and suicide. Sorry, this isn’t a guide to social anxiety! But, what happens when someone you know discloses to you that Read more…

By Gareth Molyneux, 9 months2 weeks ago
Mental Health Awareness Week 2018

Switching Off

This is part of our blog series written in conjunction with our lovely corporate partner, InterQuest Group, across Mental Health Awareness Week 2018. It’s all up in the news at the moment – cut down carbon emissions, save energy, turn off the lights! And so it should be – we Read more…

By Gareth Molyneux, 9 months2 weeks ago
Mental Health Awareness Week 2018

Let’s Talk

This is part of our blog series written in conjunction with our lovely corporate partner, InterQuest Group, across Mental Health Awareness Week 2018. It sounds such an easy thing to do, doesn’t it? But sitting down and talking about your own mental health can be a really difficult thing to Read more…

By Gareth Molyneux, 9 months2 weeks ago
Mental Health Awareness Week 2018

How are you?

This is part of our blog series written in conjunction with our lovely corporate partner, InterQuest Group, across Mental Health Awareness Week 2018. Hey there, how are you? It’s something that we say several times a day, but how many times do we actually mean it? How many times do Read more…

By Gareth Molyneux, 9 months9 months ago
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