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Why I Don’t Share My Blog With People I Know (Guest Post)

Kayleigh Zara shares her reasons for not sharing her blog with the people she knows.

Mental Health

Sectioned: A Different Perspective (Guest Post)

Graham Morgan talks about his experience of being sectioned.

Relationships

Nice Things To Do For Your Friends

What can we do to show our friends just how much they mean to us

Mental Health

Learning How To Be Happy

Life has taken an unexpected turn.

Relationships

How To Distance Yourself From Toxic People

Have you had enough of a toxic person in your life?

Relationships

A to Z of Mental Illness

The subject of mental illness can be broken down into a wide range of subtopics. I've arranged those into an A to Z list to give an overview of everything that's involved.

Mental Health

5 Benefits of Group Workshops in Mental Health Recovery

Lots of people (myself included) get the automatic "oh hell no" feeling when they hear "group therapy" or anything to do with having to access treatment in a group setting. At best, it feels uncomfortable, and at worst it can be utterly panic-inducing. Believe me, I get it.

Relationships

Stay-At-Home Date Ideas

When we're in the process of dating, there might be many reasons why we're looking to avoid going out to restaurants or to the cinema every weekend.

Mental Health

Define the Emotion

One of the struggles of living with mental illness is that after a while, our emotions can become kind of fuzzy. We're not really sure what we're feeling, we just know it feels like shit.

Mental Health

5 Things People with BPD Need To Hear

People with Borderline Personality Disorder are often bombarded with false representations and accusations about our character, all of which destroy our self-esteem and hinder our recovery.

Mental Health

When Mental Illness Affects Your Memory

My experience with mental illness has drastically affected my memory. It's upsetting because my memory used to be excellent, but now I struggle greatly.

Relationships

My Advice for “Coming Out”

Coming out of the closet, or simply coming out, is a metaphor for LGBT people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation or of their gender identity.

Mental Health

Unhelpful Things to Say to Someone with BPD

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a difficult disorder to navigate, not only for the person experiencing it but often for the people around us as well.

Mental Health

Red Flags: Signs You Might Be In A Toxic Relationship

***TRIGGER WARNING***: If you are concerned that reading about toxic relationships, domestic violence, or mental, physical and sexual abuse, will be triggering for you, please do not read the following post.

Misc

Random Acts of Kindness

The term Random Act of Kindness (RAoK) is described on Wikipedia as "a nonpremeditated, inconsistent action designed to offer kindness towards the outside world". Basically, it's when you do something nice for someone else, or for society in general.

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Why I Don’t Share My Blog With People I Know (Guest Post)

Sectioned: A Different Perspective (Guest Post)

Nice Things To Do For Your Friends

Learning How To Be Happy

How To Distance Yourself From Toxic People

I’ve Met Someone

A to Z of Mental Illness

Stay-At-Home Date Ideas

Define the Emotion

My Advice for “Coming Out”

Unhelpful Things to Say to Someone with BPD

Red Flags: Signs You Might Be In A Toxic Relationship

Random Acts of Kindness