Before the existence of COVID-19, anxiety disorders were ranked as one of the most common mental health problems globally. According to the house of commons mental health statistics for England 2020, 1 in 6 adults have a report experiencing a common mental health problem such as depression or anxiety within any given week. Coronavirus has … Continue reading Maintaining positive mental health during isolation

This is a topic many people are unable to articulate. It isn’t easy to describe how studying nursing affects your mental health at a young age. But with student nurses under incredible pressure to succeed, its important to understand how to protect yourself and your mental health over the three years of lectures, exams and … Continue reading Mental Health and Nursing School

We live in a world where if you break your arm or leg, everyone runs to sign your cast or ask if you’re okay. But if you tell people that you suffer from depression, they tell you to get over it or that it is self inflicted. We are understandably accepting of any body part […]

I have a black dog; his name is depression. Just because you can't see my illness doesn't mean that it isn't there. Depression crept up on me quietly. I hide it, I deal with it, I push it aside and lock it away but sometimes it comes out. At the beginning I struggled with the … Continue reading Living with the black dog…

Dear Anxiety, You have been living with me longer than I can remember. Every irrational fear growing up, every thought that was so far from reality. You were the friend that I never wanted but wouldn't leave, I thought as I grew up we would separate but that didn't happen. We continued to grow together … Continue reading If I could write a letter to my anxiety…

Mental health is an issue that affects 1 in 4 people like myself, due to it not being  a physical illness, society continues to withhold mental health education. I am a sufferer of a mental illness and they are hands down the most unpleasant experience's that I have ever been through. The lack of education … Continue reading Don’t face your mental health alone…