Tag Archives: Mental health

Mental Health Awareness Month: How can you help?

There is no one or simple answer. Why not? Because mental disease (yes disease) is NOT a decision. It is complex and multifaceted and colorful in a confusing and overwhelming way. What is depression? What is bipolar disorder? What does it mean and how does it feel to love someone with mental illness? I doContinue reading “Mental Health Awareness Month: How can you help?”

Be kinder to yourself and Be kinder to your neighbour

I suffer from bipolar disorder. This month is mental health awareness month so it feels like an especially timely moment to gently open the curtain and allow warm rays of light to stream into the overwhelming and often frightening darkness that is depression and overdrive. I shan’t dive into the details of living with thisContinue reading “Be kinder to yourself and Be kinder to your neighbour”