By Gill Jardine, Counsellor/Psychotherapist We are living in a time of increasing awareness of mental health issues which sounds all to the good, but, in reality, is it? I can hear you thinking: ‘Well, of course it is, why would…
Category: trauma
There are No Bad Things (Our Near Death Experience)
I’ve had some of the hardest times and biggest struggles over the last couple of years of my life. But also some of the best times as well. But Covid isn’t really related that much. In early 2021 my girlfriend…
A Letter to the Police
My mother was looking in boxes the other day attempting to have a clear out of unnecessary stuff that had accumulated over the years. What she found amongst trinkets and change was the below letter. In 2009 I was arrested…
POEM: Reconnect
This poem is about reconnecting to a tender, sacred part of oneself as part of healing from traumas. The poem reflects on our sacred connection to the earth and our divine selves – and so also each other. Really it’s…
Where are we?
Where are we? Something isn’t right. I can see you walking through the door of the ward, holding my first ever classical guitar within its battered 15 year old case. The case is dripping in scraps of shoelace, red, yellow…
I am 24 since 18
I am from Macao, currently living in the Netherlands. I am 24. I was diagnosed with OCD and anxiety in the first year of college in 2017. I encountered lot of things which caused this issue, I will summarise below….
POEM: I am. Or am I
As I sit drowning in negative self talk, I feel compelled to at least attempt to manifest in writing a far better mindset than my current. I feel as though this may be my first successful fantasy novelesque piece. Am…
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PODCAST: Anonymous Story Sharing with MA Founder Wizzi Magnussen
Listen to our founder Louisa “Wizzi” Magnussen on Open Journal Blogcast with Mike Douglas. Episode Description: Wizzi joins us today to share some of her lived experiences with mental health illness. Wizzi also introduces us to Minds Anonymous and some…
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PODCAST: From Survivor to Thriver E43: “We need to change the way we talk to ourselves”
Jas, a best-selling author, award-nominated book coach and resilience speaker, specializes in stories that change lives. During the first two decades of her life, she felt very alone in her world of depression and anxiety as the result of both…
POEM: Men & Monsters
The Answer is already here, Over and again, When we’re ready To hear it. Love. ‘Shut up.’ ‘You never listen.’ ‘Not everyone thinks like you.’ ‘You expect too much of people.’ ‘You’re not always right, you know.’ Somehow I always…
Autism & ADHD: A Lifetime of Misunderstanding & the Clarity of a Diagnosis
Until now I have never had a formal diagnosis. I have had a hand wavey ‘You seem depressed, try some meds’ from a GP but that was it. A few months ago, I was prescribed medication for panic attacks, and…
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The Cell
That light is so bright, the crack in the wall is illuminated perfectly, giving it a foreboding appearance as if the darkness of the crack is a tunnel to another world. Deep as the blackest ocean. At this point the…
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