Your Rights as a Mental Health Patient
Mental health patients have legal rights. Learn about reasonable adjustments, consent, ableism, coercion, and how to handle controlling GPs under UK law.
Landscape Gardening for Disabled Entrepreneurs
Landscape gardening for disabled entrepreneurs: discover accessible business ideas, startup tips, marketing strategies, domain name advice, and how to grow a sustainable gardening business.
How To Suppress Bad Memories
While completely erasing bad memories isn’t possible, learning how to suppress or manage them effectively can play a significant role in healing and improving mental well-being.
Incel Culture Mental Health Problem
Incel culture represents a disturbing manifestation of societal issues surrounding gender, sexuality, and mental health. Rooted in misogyny, entitlement, and victimhood, it perpetuates harmful attitudes and behaviors that pose significant risks to individuals and communities alike.
When Family Is Unsupportive
An insightful article exploring why some families are unsupportive, particularly towards invisible disabilities like OCD, and offering practical, compassionate ways to protect emotional well-being and move forward.
Coping with OCD While at Work
Owning up to having OCD can indeed be a challenging and emotionally fraught experience. However, overcoming the associated shame and embarrassment is a crucial step towards managing the condition effectively and improving overall well-being.
Relationship Breakups: When Love Ends but the Pain Lingers
An honest, first-person article on relationship breakups, unrequited love, divorce, and healing, offering practical guidance on what to do and what not to do when your heart is broken.
Taking Things for Granted: Lessons I Learned Too Late
A personal reflection on taking things for granted, regret, grief, empty nest syndrome, and the connection to mental health—highlighting how loss teaches us the value of people and moments.
OCD: Understanding the Mind’s Alarm System
OCD is a powerful and often debilitating condition, but it is rooted in the mind’s fundamental desire to protect the individual from harm. By understanding and addressing the fears that drive OCD, sufferers can begin to reclaim their lives from the grips of anxiety and compulsive behaviors.
When Stigma Comes From Home: My Experience With Mental-Health Judgement
A first-person account of mental-health stigma within a traditional rural Polish family: why it’s hard to explain mental health to older generations, how judgement impacts wellbeing, and what the statistics say about stigma and discrimination in Poland.