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Ellie blogs about her experience of agoraphobia, which most people assume is a fear of open spaces, but it can be more complex: agoraphobia is a type of anxiety disorder where someone can fear and avoid places or situations that might cause them to panic or feel trapped.

Read Ellie’s blog over on our website. 

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Here are just a few of the top tips from our new talking therapy information. Hit reblog for anyone that might need them.

For more info about talking therapy head to our website. 

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Tips to help you explore the relationship between what you eat and how you feel.

For more information visit our website. 

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I guess everyone is different in how they experience depression. For some, it can bring about a lack of energy, enthusiasm for life, trouble sleeping, and a whole host of other emotions. But for me, this time, a lot of how I felt was a direct result of feeling like I had no bond with our daughter. I really didn't like her. In the past, I even described my feelings as hate. And yes, I did feel that way. But looking back now it wasn't my daughter that I actually hated. It was myself. I hated the fact that I had everything that I ever wanted. All I could think about during those early days was how my friend had died and could never have what I now had. I blamed myself a lot for his death, and felt that I was partly responsible for taking someone away from their family. Yet here I was with mine.

The mental health struggles of new fathers is something Ross doesn't feel is spoken about enough. He's blogged for us about his own experience.

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Life can feel full of toxic triggers, whether it's the people around you, or your own behaviors. Rajpreet blogs about how she went about tackling them. 

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Joshua talks about how Mind helped him when he was struggling with his mental health after a serious accident.

Find out more about PTSD on our website. 

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Although I am a volunteer, I am treated as one of the team. Everyone is friendly and I have been made to feel very welcome and supported. I enjoy the fast paced environment, the variety of the work and the fact that two days are never the same. Expectations are realistic and I have been encouraged to work in ways that I have never worked before. I have been given feedback to help me develop my skills and gain more experience in what I am doing, which is already making me more productive and confident.

Dawn talks about her experiences volunteering in our fundraising department.

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Ariana Grande has opened up about how the Manchester attack impacted her mental health. Traumatic events can affect people in lots of ways, and one of them is PTSD. 

Find out more about PTSD on our information pages. 

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Although her mental health has led to some mistakes in Katherine's past, it does not define her present.

 Read her blog about the prejudice around borderline personality disorder.

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“We wanted to use dance as a way to show people how it feels to suffer with depression. Hopefully, it also reminds people who are living with depression that they are not alone in their struggle.”  Charlotte blogs about her new dance piece tackling mental health stigma.

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In 2014 I suffered a mental breakdown it was the lowest I had ever been; I couldn’t leave the house, I self harmed, thought about suicide. But with the support from my family and doctor I came out the other side and I’m in recovery. I’ve always loved watching pageants on the TV and YouTube. Then I saw an advert on Facebook about a plus size pageant, and thought I would give it a go as it looked so fun and supportive, and also that some of girls had become really good friends thorough this pageant. So I thought I would give it a go, hoping that it could raise my self-esteem and confidence. In 2015, I entered my first pageant. I was so scared, but when I went on the stage I felt like a different person, a bit like an actor on TV. It’s like you’re totally different than you are in real life. Everyone was amazed by the difference, of how someone so quiet and shy could be so confident on the stage. Do I feel like pageants have helped me recover? Yes I do. It’s made me focus on other things, and even raise money for charities along the way.

Cara blogs about how after suffering a breakdown, being in pageants has helped her to gain confidence on stage and off.

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Here are some tips on supporting a friend or family member that might be feeling stressed. Share away!

For more information on stress visit our information pages. 

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