Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and I really wanted to write something to coincide with it but I’m going to struggle because, once...

It has been such a blessing to finally be enjoying some decent weather and warm sunshine again over the weekend, after what has been...

I’ve been wanting to write something over the last few days, but because I’m trying to be the ‘expert of myself’ and put my own mental...

I promised I would be back on the blog at the end of this week with an update, and because I always try to stick to my word – here I am...

This week, I was supposed to be continuing on the theme of spirituality & mental illness, but I have had to think again because my...

I have no idea what’s going on this week but having been sleeping really quite well over the last few months, I am now back to not...

As I’ve been writing this new blog, which I started back in January, I’ve been reminded time and again, through my own and others’...

Yesterday, I introduced the gut-brain axis and started to explain the importance of nutrition and its relationship, and influence on our...

I have done very little this weekend except rest and recharge which, as well as relaxing, has been so wonderfully enlightening and...

I've been wanting to write something about the celebrated U.S gymnast Simone Biles and her dramatic exit from the team and individual...

The second post in this new series called ‘Voices of Courage’ comes from a blog reader who very kindly reached out to me and offered some...

I normally prepare something for the blog beforehand, (or at least make notes) but today I’m just going for it freehand because I spent...

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...