by admin | May 17, 2018 | Depression experiences, Look after yourself, Mental health support and community |
I think this post is self-explanatory so I won’t say much. The little I want to say is that I don’t place much value on cute ideas dressed in pink. I find the suggestions like the ones in the picture patronising and dismissive of what might be happening to...
by wonderersheart | Sep 10, 2015 | Mental health support and community, Reported in the news |
10th September, it is World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) and I am filled with a rising sense of despair. The more I read on the topic, the more I shake my head, disheartened. I feel pummeled by the horrific statistics that try to highlight the risk of dying by...
by wonderersheart | Aug 6, 2015 | Mental health support and community, Safety |
Psst, I want to share a secret – For the last 18 months my friend Liz and I have been facilitating a regular group for people who live with suicidal feelings. The group is not really a secret, we are a low key sort of group and we try to keep attendance numbers...
by wonderersheart | Dec 3, 2013 | Mental health support and community, Stigma |
Dear therapist, counselor, coach, psychiatrist, psychologist, dear nurse, dear mother, brother, sister, lover, partner, husband, ex, wife, son, uncle, niece, nephew and aunt, dear cousin, dear friend, buddy, side-kick, acquaintance, soul mate, dear social worker,...
by wonderersheart | Mar 29, 2013 | Grief and grieving, Mental health support and community |
“People grieving after the deaths of loved ones may exhibit the same sorts of symptoms (sadness, sleeplessness and loss of interest in daily activities among them) that characterize major depression. For many years, the DSM specified that, since grieving is a...
by wonderersheart | Jan 19, 2013 | Mental health support and community, Stigma |
Harvard University describes itself as…”the oldest institution of higher education in the United States”. Prestigious though it is there is a problem at Harvard… I find it noteworthy that there is something being done about it. Talking not...
