Your Life Isn’t Over, This Period Is Just A Bump In The Road Many of us struggle with some kind of affliction whether losing self-confidence, having addictions, depression, anxiety, a whole host of personal problems and sometimes it can feel like we can’t go on anymore. Life DOES go on when you get through the…
Man up! Words often heard when people are in emotional and/or mental turmoil after experiencing an untoward event? It is well-known, men, in particular, are told to hide their emotions and ‘be strong’ thus the man up comment people use. But maybe this is why we are seeing a rise in horrendous stats of what…
A film about depression and the removal of ego, based on a true story. It could be said that trying to find inspirational movies that not only entertain us, motivate us but also educate us on how to overcome depression can be difficult to find. Fortunately, the founder of Seek A Therapy stumbled across this…
Using popular medium is a great way of exploring and understanding mental illness and several films have depicted particular illnesses really well. In this blog post we discuss ten films that the founder of Bom believes are excellent at helping understand what it feels like to experience an illness of the mind. In this blog…
One of the things that bothers me about mental health care is the people around the world that don’t get the help for whatever reason. The ones who slip the system because are not seen by the right doctor, the ones who get improperly diagnosed or the ones who don’t feel they can ask for…
Robin Williams happy, something that we associate with the late great actor is the ability to make us happy through what appears to the be the constant happy clown, but what we know now is it wasn’t always that way. It was five years ago today when Robin Williams decided to take his life but…
He lives in you He lives in me He watches over Everything we see Into the water Into the truth In your reflection He lives in you
I remember the day I had my breakdown, I can see it vividly in my mind, the racing thoughts, the utter desperation and massive physical stabbing pain in my heart, shivering body and sweating brow. It was the worst experience of my life as I lay there on my living room floor unsure of what…
If you are feeling suicidal please contact the samaritans or CLASP Charity ASAP by clicking one of the links and they will help you. Don’t suffer alone, there is someone out there to help you.
On October 11th 2014 I was one of a few hundred people trying to help raise mental health awareness and remove the stigma that surrounds this illness and the lack of understanding and support of this part of our health.