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Tom Robinson

An emotional #shitstorm: dealing with multiple thoughts, feelings, and emotions

I haven't been able to write much recently because I've been consumed with other things such as: recording YouTube videos, writing...

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“We’re not having the same conversation around suicide as we are around mental health”

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...

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“My son begged to be sectioned before his death”: why we need services that treat dual diagnoses

There was a heartbreaking story on the BBC News page last week which really resonated and stood out for me. Once again it involves...

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What to say if someone tells you that they feel suicidal and how to support and help them

Every post that I write on here is vitally important, but today's is especially so, because knowing what to do when someone tells you...

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The heartbreaking documentary aired last night on Channel 4 - Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death

This week has been tough for me because there have been three posts that I've had to write on here that have brought up so many memories...

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Caroline Flack found heartbreak impossible according to sister Jody

There was a really short article in The Independent a few days ago in which Caroline Flack's sister and mother revealed details about the...

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GB basketball player takes own life after being discharged from psychiatric ward to a Travelodge

A great friend of mine sent me the link to an article that was published in The Mirror a couple of weeks ago, and last night we discussed...

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Isolation and lack of work/life balance cited as factors in poor mental health rates by U.K farmers

I wasn't going to write about farmers again until I'd watched the 'Under the Soil' documentary that was mentioned on a recent Countryfile...

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Farmers and mental health; why they need our support and focus

Last Sunday I happened to turn on the TV just as a report about mental health in the farming community was being aired. The weekly,...

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