I am feeling pretty shattered this week because writing about psychiatric medications has coincided with my recurring problems and...

Today marks the first day of a new series of posts that I am including on the 'Dying to Stay Alive' site, written by other warriors and...

I’m feeling pretty exhausted this morning because writing about medications and the problems that they’ve caused me over the years, is...

The role of medications in psychiatry is a contentious issue and one which I have often felt hesitant about discussing. The reason for my...

Yesterday, I mentioned how our emotions, particularly anger, can have a negative effect on our mental health. Emotion, feeling and mental...

I wanted to share today, some of the messages I’ve been receiving since I started this new blog in January, as a demonstration of what...

I’m just writing a quick and less involved entry this morning to give myself a bit of a break after yesterday’s complicated and...

It has now been almost exactly six months since I started this new blog called ‘Dying to Stay Alive!’ and I have already written a...

I’m continuing today with my five-post series on Men’s Health week and the theme for today’s CAN DO Challenge which is ‘Notice’. Men and...

For the second day of Men’s Health Week and the ‘CAN DO’ challenge, we are being encouraged to be more active through exercise which can...

Today marks the first day of Men’s Health week 2021 which this year runs from the 14-20th of June. I have to admit that I wasn’t even...

Today’s post has a more relaxed feel because after writing yesterday’s really involved post about such a difficult subject, I feel as...

A few months ago, I read a post on LinkedIn written by a devastated father who sadly lost his son Jordan to suicide in 2019. Steve...

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was planning on going wild swimming to experience the reported benefits of cold hydrotherapy on mental...

There was an interesting story in the press recently involving a Labour MP who has decided to ‘step back’ from her work because she is...

There was a nice story on the BBC News page a couple of weeks ago, involving a widower who was prescribed rambling for his anxiety in...

Anyone who is trying to launch any kind of business or enterprise in today’s world knows how important social media can be to attracting...

This week has brought with it more opportunities for socialising and catching up with friends. It’s been quite an eye-opener for me...

Last week I did my first podcast for a student mental health support service hosted by Maddie Clark from Durham University. I was noticed...

I had some amazing feedback from a talk I did last Thursday for an equestrian charity called Stepney Bank Stables which I thought I would...