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Blogs and stories can show that people with mental health problems are cared about, understood and listened to. We can use it to challenge the status quo and change attitudes.

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Dogs need mental health support as much as we do

Rosie

Rosie blogs about how rescue dogs have helped her cope with anxiety and she had done likewise for them.
The benefit of benefits

Katie

Katie blogs about how benefits can be a lifesaver for people with mental health problems.
How to be happy with mental health problems

Alice

Alice suffers with severe anxiety, PTSD and an anxiety disorder yet still enjoys life. Here she explains how.
Dyma Cruella, fy anhwylder bwyta

Georgia

Mae Georgia, o Dde Cymru, yn disgrifio ei thaith gyda'i hanhwylder bwyta.
Meet Cruella, my eating disorder

Georgia

Georgia, from South Wales, describes her journey with her eating disorder.
‘I have bipolar disorder and became one of the top students in the UK’

Emily

At first Emily was embarrassed about her diagnosis. Here she blogs about how she had learnt to embrace it.
Mae trawsnewid wedi helpu fy iechyd meddwl

Aitan

Mae Aitan yn blogio i ddangos sut mae stigma a stereoteipiau ynghylch bod yn drawsryweddol wedi effeithio ar ei iechyd meddwl.
Transitioning has helped my mental health

Aitan

Aitan blogs about how stigma and stereotypes around being transgender has impacted on his mental health.
Maisie, my guiding light

Jo

Jo blogs about how her labradoodle’s unconditional love has kept her going when she’s been on the verge of giving up.
Conservation helped my recovery

Glenn

Glenn blogs about how volunteering on a nature project with Mind in Furness has given him a new confidence after bad episode of depression – and now he’s helping others.
My confidence blossomed with gardening

Mike

Mike blogs about how working as a horticulturist helped his return to the world after suffering severe depression.
My weightlifting became obsessive

George

George blogs about his eating disorder and how his unhealthy relationship with exercise began to take over his life.

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