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How I learnt to appreciate the little things again

Emily

Emily, who has experienced physical and mental health problems, says her life changed when she started looking for small joys each day.
It’s time to end the stigma

Jack

Jack, who has dissociative identity disorder, blogs about why society and the media must get a better understanding of mental health and explains how Mind has helped him.
The attitude of many GPs to mental health is the problem, not overdiagnosis

Grace Ward

No wonder so many of us reach crisis point before we are taken seriously when the majority of doctors believe that mental health is overdiagnosed.
Climate change has increased my anxiety

Sherae

Sherae talks about the impact of climate change on her mental health and the positive things she’s done to tackle it.
There is life beyond an eating disorder

Isabella
Learning to live again after my sister’s suicide

Jake

One year on from Rachel’s death, Jake is starting to find comfort in happy memories
Tourette’s took its toll on my mental healthcare

Richard

Richard reveals how the condition led to him withdrawing from life, and says that it was only when he started opening up to loved ones that things started to improve.
My journey from silence to support

Aled

Aled, from Gwynedd, blogs about his journey with postnatal depression and how his recovery has led to him helping other dads. Please take care when reading as this blog contains references to suicide.
My journey from silence to support

Aled

Aled, from Gwynedd, blogs about his journey with postnatal depression and how his recovery has led to him helping other dads. Please take care when reading as this blog contains references to suicide.
I know how easily mental health can snowball

Yasmine

Yasmine, who has emotionally unstable personality disorder, reveals how Mind has helped her when she’s felt there was nowhere else to turn.
How I overcame adversity in the midst of crisis

Alice

Alice blogs about the darkness she experienced after her mother’s death, and how over the years she has developed a new resilience.
How I learnt to accept my anxiety

Shiva

Shiva talks about how she learnt to live with anxiety, and how it has helped her become more empathetic and attentive.

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Increasing Autonomy in the Mental Health Act

Michael Henson-Webb, Head of Mind’s Legal Team, looks at the problems with the Mental Health Act and how we can give patients more freedom and control.

Community Treatment Orders

Joanna Dean is a prison and mental health solicitor and is lawyer here at Mind. Before joining Mind she worked as a solicitor representing patients detained under the Mental Health Act. She blogs about the case against Community Treatment Orders.

For Becki

On Time to Talk Day, Becki was posthumously given a 'Mental Health Hero' award

It saves to spend on mental health

James, one of our Voices of Mind, writes about how better funded mental health services could have helped him recover sooner and why the next government should make greater investments in prevention.

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