Colette, 29, Nottingham, UK
“I suffer from a few chronic illnesses, including Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, this has been a huge factor in being diagnosed with Depression and Anxiety.…
“I suffer from a few chronic illnesses, including Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, this has been a huge factor in being diagnosed with Depression and Anxiety.…
“When I think about my ‘mental health story’, it’s hard to pinpoint a beginning or end because I think for me, as is the case…
“I had a breakdown in 2009 triggered by the financial crash. The family home was repossessed after my husband’s plastering business failed and we could…
“At the age of about 7 I felt anxiety manifest into my life. Slowly it built up to a point where I would have panic…
“I was sitting on the bus the other day, listening to music, writing down fragments of my latest poem on my phone; ‘What a life,…
“Growing up I had a lot of emotions, many of them painful, and didn’t really know what to do with them. I was bullied in…
“My golden ages were lived in my childhood, or at least that was what I thought. I would go to my grandmother’s house every Saturday…