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    A Self-Love Journey With Hypersensitivity
    Alex Douroudakis
    • Dec 8, 2021
    • 4 min
    Mental Health

    A Self-Love Journey With Hypersensitivity

    I never questioned myself until five years ago. I was just living my life as a happy, eccentric, friendly, always smiling kid who had...
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    It’s The Most SAD Time of The Year
    Max Hovey (he/him)
    • Nov 17, 2021
    • 5 min
    Mental Health

    It’s The Most SAD Time of The Year

    'Recognising and Dealing with Seasonal Affective Disorder' DISCLAIMER: I am not a medical professional, so the information I am sharing...
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    Dating My OCD Brain
    Zach Tucker (he / him)
    • Nov 3, 2021
    • 4 min
    Mental Health

    Dating My OCD Brain

    'How My Diagnosis Helped Me Understand Myself' Growing up I always had the pre-conceived idea that OCD was about cleaning and organising...
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    My Miscarriage and Me.
    Amy Parington (She/Her)
    • Sep 22, 2021
    • 5 min
    Mental Health

    My Miscarriage and Me.

    I find that miscarriage isn’t spoken about often; it happens to women every day all over the world and yet is still an almost taboo...
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    TLC – TENDER LOVING CANDLES
    Mike Tristram (He / Him)
    • Sep 15, 2021
    • 3 min
    Mental Health

    TLC – TENDER LOVING CANDLES

    “Why Candles Are A Mental Health Essential” When you’re having a bad day – is it too much to ask for a bit of light relief? An escape...
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    Mental Health In Schools
    Anna Mottram (she/her)
    • Sep 1, 2021
    • 4 min
    Mental Health

    Mental Health In Schools

    Within the past 10 years, there has been a massive mental health awakening. From the ‘Free Britney’ movement to Simone Biles taking...
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    Don’t Damage Yourself Trying To Save Someone Else.
    Anonymous
    • Aug 11, 2021
    • 3 min
    Mental Health

    Don’t Damage Yourself Trying To Save Someone Else.

    Trigger Warning: suicide Watching someone you care about deeply struggle with their mental health can leave you feeling horribly...
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    It Get’s Better, Trust me.
    Max Hovey (he/him)
    • Jun 27, 2021
    • 4 min
    Mental Health

    It Get’s Better, Trust me.

    What does “I made it” mean? Well in context, I’m referring to achieving that milestone that for many years you thought would be...
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    "Having It All Together" Is a Myth
    Max G
    • May 26, 2021
    • 4 min
    Mental Health

    "Having It All Together" Is a Myth

    It starts around 15 or 16. Guidance counselors, teachers, parents... a wave of sound telling you to figure out the rest of your life then...
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    What is coping and am I doing it?
    Leigh Bottomley
    • May 19, 2021
    • 4 min
    Mental Health

    What is coping and am I doing it?

    ‘Oh, I can’t cope anymore’. You’d be lying if you said you had never used this phrase before. But what would it actually mean to not...
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    Lockdown Anxiety: The Return to Normality
    Max Hovey (he/him)
    • May 16, 2021
    • 3 min
    Mental Health

    Lockdown Anxiety: The Return to Normality

    There is finally light at the end of the tunnel. We’re all tried of living though major historical events by thing point and just want to...
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    Quarantine : How to NOT live the same day everyday
    starcaddelle
    • Apr 7, 2021
    • 4 min
    Mental Health

    Quarantine : How to NOT live the same day everyday

    Who would thought that this time last year would be the last time we would live as normal human beings. Going on trips, visiting friends...
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    Crying Is Good For You
    Jake Dutton
    • Mar 31, 2021
    • 3 min
    Mental Health

    Crying Is Good For You

    Oy! What an absolute mess we find ourselves in these days. If you are someone like me the past few weeks, months, even years have been...
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    Being Kinder to You
    Max Hovey (he/him)
    • Mar 30, 2021
    • 3 min
    Mental Health

    Being Kinder to You

    “I wish I could be normal, what’s wrong with me?” is something I’m fairly certain we’ve all said to ourselves when we’re experiencing...
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    Dating as a Survivor of Sexual Assault
    Ewan Oxborrow
    • Mar 17, 2021
    • 5 min
    Mental Health

    Dating as a Survivor of Sexual Assault

    Dating is a difficult thing to navigate at the best of times (even more so given the limitations of the pandemic) but dating as a...
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    How to Learn From a Mistake
    Joe Gibson
    • Feb 17, 2021
    • 6 min
    Mental Health

    How to Learn From a Mistake

    We are all human and in that light, we all make mistakes. It’s a given and none of us are perfect. At some point all of us will find...
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    Children's Mental Health Matters
    Luke Oliver
    • Feb 3, 2021
    • 7 min
    Mental Health

    Children's Mental Health Matters

    The 1st February is the beginning of Children’s Mental health Week. Until I was a Teacher in a secondary school, I had no idea of the...
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    Mental Illness Is Not An Adjective
    Taylor Gibson
    • Jan 13, 2021
    • 3 min
    Mental Health

    Mental Illness Is Not An Adjective

    Being mindful of the words we use has never been more important. Everybody has words and phrases that they do not like – maybe they...
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    LIVING IN THE PAST.
    Callie Butler
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 4 min
    Mental Health

    LIVING IN THE PAST.

    This is a tough topic to write about, even worse the think about because you always fall down the rabbit hole of wondering how different...
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    "What if they abandon me?" And Other Signs of Anxious Attachment.
    Abbie Hiscox
    • Nov 25, 2020
    • 3 min
    Mental Health

    "What if they abandon me?" And Other Signs of Anxious Attachment.

    Up until three years ago I had never heard of attachment styles and anxious attachment. I just thought I was always anxious despite the...
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