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We aren’t all Serial Killers!
We aren’t all Serial Killers!
Living with Bipolar
Chelsea Rose
Oct 9, 2019
Why Do We Self-Stigmatise Our Mental Health?
Why Do We Self-Stigmatise Our Mental Health?
We would never say these things to someone else, so why do we say it to ourselves?
Laura Fox
Aug 5, 2019
Teasing Apart My Self From My Illness
Teasing Apart My Self From My Illness
Is my old self still there or has depression taken over?
Ashley L. Peterson
Jul 24, 2019
How University tricked me into developing employability anxiety
How University tricked me into developing employability anxiety
University got me worrying about my future and pushed me to create a platform that helps students fight employability anxiety.
Kim Aviv
Jul 23, 2019
Your Mental Health Struggles Are Your Strength
Your Mental Health Struggles Are Your Strength
It IS NOT a weakness
Laura Fox
Jul 14, 2019
I Feel Depressed vs. I Have Depression
I Feel Depressed vs. I Have Depression
Psst, there’s a difference
Ashley L. Peterson
Jul 7, 2019
Anxiety Attacks vs Panic Attacks
Anxiety Attacks vs Panic Attacks
What’s the difference?
Laura Fox
Jun 30, 2019
What No One Told Me About Panic Attacks
What No One Told Me About Panic Attacks
I have dealt with panic attacks for most of my life. I say dealt with rather than suffered with because it’s true. I’m a badass and so is…
Laura Fox
Jun 26, 2019
The Relief of a Diagnosis
The Relief of a Diagnosis
Despite being an adult, I was recently diagnosed with Paediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome, (PANS), and I can’t tell you what…
Madeline Dyer
Jun 8, 2019
Mental Health Awareness Isn’t Enough
Mental Health Awareness Isn’t Enough
We are aware, but services are not
Laura Fox
Jun 6, 2019
Why we need to help university students in today’s age.
Why we need to help university students in today’s age.
I never got the opportunity to attend university, but if I had, I think I’d be rather annoyed with the education I would have received…
George David Hodgson
Jun 6, 2019
Today, I Did the Things You Didn’t Want Me To Do
Today, I Did the Things You Didn’t Want Me To Do
A Letter to my OCD, #2
Madeline Dyer
Jun 2, 2019
Mental Health Stigma, OCD and the Misconception.
Mental Health Stigma, OCD and the Misconception.
Despite progress and changing minds, there still remains a stigma associated with mental health and the trivialization of mental illness.
Rohan Bose
May 31, 2019
May playlist: FIX YOUR 👑 & KEEP GOING
May playlist: FIX YOUR 👑 & KEEP GOING
What’s better than starting your day off right by hyping yourself up on your way to work, to school or simply while getting ready to crush…
Challenging Challenges
May 31, 2019
I absorbed my partner’s trauma — and it tore me apart
I absorbed my partner’s trauma — and it tore me apart
By Henry Fry
Challenging Challenges
May 30, 2019
Slow Ride into the Headwind
Slow Ride into the Headwind
It was a rainy day, I just attended my daily German class and was on my way back home. I hate cycling in the rain. As I value fashion over…
Corinne Lembe Mayunga
May 21, 2019
If you had asked me when I was younger what my thoughts were on the benefits system and those that…
If you had asked me when I was younger what my thoughts were on the...
As somebody who has worked since they were underage and getting cash in hand at a local shop, it wasn’t natural to not be working. But…
Becca M.
Apr 28, 2019
How I found my own way out of my postpartum depression by microdosing psychedelic mushrooms
How I found my own way out of my postpartum depression by microdosi...
By Julie Ugleholdt
Challenging Challenges
Apr 24, 2019
Interview with a dancing girl
Interview with a dancing girl
We sat down to speak to a friend of ours about her journey, the stigma around stripping and how people’s actions impact her mental health…
Challenging Challenges
Apr 23, 2019
Thinking About Me
Thinking About Me
Self-reflection is a lifelong journey for me, but thankfully it is something I quite enjoy doing. Learning who I am and what I enjoy doing…
Nike Akinfenwa
Apr 22, 2019
The Divorce
The Divorce
On the 25th March it was 7 years since my wedding.
Jenny Howard
Apr 15, 2019
Adulting 1o1 with ADHD
Adulting 1o1 with ADHD
Having ADHD has been a double struggle, possibly even a triple one. I wanted to share what it really means and support others affected by…
Ela Krief
Apr 14, 2019
Video games are good for you
Video games are good for you
Video games have been often treated as a threat; many assume that video games induce anti social behavior, promote violence and have kids…
Fawzi Mesmar
Apr 12, 2019
Interview w/Shin
Interview w/Shin
Shin is going to writing for us about her journey with mental health, so before she did that, we thought we’d speak to her a bit more so…
Challenging Challenges
Apr 6, 2019
The Chain
The Chain
A note from Challenging Challenges: We accept everything here, poems, fictional stories, personal journies. The piece below comes from a…
Challenging Challenges
Apr 4, 2019
April Fools - When The Brain Plays Tricks On You
April Fools - When The Brain Plays Tricks On You
You can’t go on like this. You’re suffocating, overwhelmed, in constant psychological pain. Your life is bleak and empty.
eQuoo the Emotional Fitness Game
Apr 1, 2019
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