Guidance for blogging about self-harm, suicide, and eating disorders
Time to Change encourages people with lived experience of mental health problems to write openly and honestly about their story. We want everyone to feel that they can discuss their experience of...
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Depression, relationships and stigma
It’s an everyday occurrence boy meets girl. It is a normal process in life, to have the confidence and the curiosity to speak to the opposite sex. Being part of Time to Change's youth panel I feel...
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Panic attacks: I posted a video about my mental health on Facebook
"You're talking about your mental health problems? Are you crazy?"Some people might use that word, I would prefer to say that I am honest.read more
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My experience of school children's attitudes toward mental illness
The mis-en-scene is miserable, saturated in a grey wash. The beleaguered teacher, sarcastic and scruffy, sets the titles for the class. The assignment: Pygmalion, the story of the transformation of a...
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My experience of stigma when I was signed off work due to depression
I am 28 years old and have been living with Bipolar Disorder II with Psychosis since I was 14 years old. However I was only diagnosed August 2011 after a suicide attempt.read more
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Brene Brown: vulnerability is not weakness
I was recently touched deeply by two TED talks by Brene Brown, ‘The Power of Vulnerability’ and the second is ‘Listening to Shame.’ The two quotes which sum up these talk beautifully are:‘Vulnerability...
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Art and mental health
For as long as I can remember I have lived with Obsessive Compulsive disorder. Anyone living with this condition knows how hard it can be to deal with everyday situations and spiralling thought...
View ArticleIs bipolar a disability? I never know what to put
Every time I look for a new job there's the same battle inside my head. What do I say when I'm asked that question? You know the one. “Do you consider yourself to have a disability?” Or, even after...
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Talking to the police about mental health
In 1996, when I was 24, I was doing pretty well after a number surgeries since I was young, and battling depression since I was 14.read more
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Bipolar disorder, dating and relationships
I am excellent at pretending. Pretending I am interested in whatever the current topic of conversation may be; when, in fact, I am entirely, momentarily (hopefully), hollowed out, numb, incapable of...
View ArticleDepression: I found four of my closest friends waiting for me
Warning, some readers may find this post triggering.I find myself on a three-hour train journey, not at all in a good frame of mind: too much time to think. Ordinarily, as an aspiring writer, I love to...
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Talking about mental health to Rugby World magazine
Tim, 41, is one of our media volunteers and has recently featured in a Time to Change article in Rugby World. If you want to read this article, Rugby World is on shelves today (3rd Jan).read more
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Creative writing: sharing my experience of depression and anxiety
As a teacher of Creative Writing I am always telling my learners that they need to use their life experience as a well to draw on for their writing. Some of the exercises I give them to do involve...
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Should i tell my manager i have depression?
When I started at my current job, around three years ago, I disclosed my mental health history because I didn’t want it to sneak up and bite me in the backside like it has in the past. read more
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The first time I said "I self harm"
Warning, some readers may find this post triggering.Hi, my name is Suzi and I am a self harmer but I am 7 and a half years cut free. That’s how I think of self harming. I don’t self harm now but I am...
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Supporting my fiance with bipolar disorder: it's the small things that help
Paul’s fiancé doesn’t think Paul’s mental health problems define him – to Rob, Paul is more than his diagnosis. read more
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Review: E4's My Mad Fat Diary
I’m chilling out on the sofa, making the most of the last few days of the Christmas holiday by playing rubbish games on my phone, when I hear “My name is Rae. It’s 1996, I’m 16, 16 stone, and desperate...
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Supporting my mum with bipolar: just a fine-tuned normal day
Denise is proud of her son, because he gave her the time and space to share and talk.Denise's story:New year always brings, for me, contemplation and inspires dreams for my future.read more
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Stigmaphrenia: a play about mental health stigma
My mum and dad were diagnosed with bipolar and schizophrenia, respectively, in their early twenties, spending time in and out of psychiatric wards, which is where they met. read more
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Living with psychosis: standing up for mental health
Peter kept on talking to his son, even when Ross was seriously unwell.read more
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