Our Stories
Jessica shares her story on experiencing suicidal feelings and motherhood
I’m Jessica, 31 years old from London and I’m a mum to two beautiful daughters, Rhianna who’s 10 and Lily who’s 5. After Lily was born in 2011 I had postnatal depression. My birth experience with Lily, my second child was incredible. A funny thing to say but it was straight forward, short and without…
Lisa Shares her Story on Adjusting to Life After the Army
Here it goes, round two for me. I ran the London Marathon last year and the crowds were amazing on the day, it was an overwhelming experience. I remember about mile 10 I thought I was going to cry, I felt choked by the incredible support. Everyone was so friendly, shouting your name as you…
Depression – By Dean Irwin
It’s so quiet around me Yet so loud inside Thought going out would help But just walked and cried. Trying to avoid people As I don’t want to converse, Cos some things they say Just make it worse. Like “look what you’ve got How can you be depressed?” Or “there are people a lot worse…
Talking about how I felt saved my life – Hope’s journey of recovering from Anorexia
Talking about my feelings was something I had never done. Throughout my childhood and teens, I concentrated more on fixing others and switched off my emotions. This wasn’t easy at first but as I stopped eating more and became fixated on anorexia it got easier. Because of this, I ended up in a mental health…
John shares his story on coping with the loss of his sister
I lost my sister, Michelle, in May. May 3rd. My birthday. She took her own life somewhat out of the blue. She had been struggling with some depression for about 6 months (maybe longer but the signs had really started to show). She had just recently had her second child pretty quickly after her first….
