This month’s DAS podcast is all about anxiety and whether it is part and parcel of modern life. We talk about the varying levels; as of course this can be as mild as it can be severe. How do our lifestyles affect our own anxiety? How do we deal with the stress of the modern … Continue reading
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Time to Talk about Mental Health
This week the mental Health charity Time to Chance launched a campaign to “Take 5 on the 5th Feb”, meaning that everyone should try to spend 5 minutes of their day talking about mental health. Myself and my good friend Oli Regan, have made a couple of films of us taking 5. I hope you … Continue reading
Mental Health: Facing my self-stigma
I’ve got something to tell you. My mother has suffered with mental health issues since I was born. I have never known Mum completely free from her bipolar/depression/schizophrenia/psychosis. You see, she has been diagnosed and re-diagnosed more times than I care to remember. We have spent Christmases visiting mental health units and childhoods fighting stigma … Continue reading