By Ally Lloyd, Supervised by Dr Chiara Horlin (School of Psychology, University of Glasgow) Content Warnings: mention of suicide and self-harm and discussion of distress. Listen to this post Epilepsy is a neurological (brain) disorder that about 1 in 100 people around the world live with, making it one of the most common neurological disorders. …
Mental health affects everyone, influencing how we feel, act and think. Although it is complicated in how it can impact your life, it is important to remember that we all have the power to change our mental health and improve it. How you look after your mental health, how you understand it and how you …
By Amber Daw Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3i7twTbDNj4kbnzwmrrRIl?si=2c94602ed429413a This month has had ME and Fibromyalgia Awareness Weeks, as well as Mental Health Awareness Week. It’s been a week centred around raising awareness, starting conversations and sharing experiences with all of these things, considering their complexity and the ways that they infiltrate every aspect of the lives of …
By Eilidh Murphy CW: This article discusses mental and physical health, hospitals, and coronavirus restrictions, and lockdowns. Many a meme like the one below may have circulated your social media, perhaps again recently as areas of the UK entered a second lockdown and the nation reminded each other to once again #bekind. Comic by Shruti …
By Jordan Thomas Defined by the World Health Organisation (WHO) health is; “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. Now, with this definition in mind let’s look to that that bruised arm from that drunken fall you had on the weekend, I’m willing to bet …
By Mirren Buchanan Content warnings: This article mentions trauma, medical trauma, flashbacks and intrusive thoughts, and has graphic descriptions of seizures and choking. When I was diagnosed with Non-Epileptic Attack Disorder (NEAD from here on) at the end of March, I sort of assumed that that was the end of my illness. I had been …
By Elliot Denton TW: Discussion of body image issues For most people, with or without chronic illness, mental health and physical health often go hand in hand. People often separate the two, thinking that the mind is completely segregated from the body. Those who suffer from mental health conditions such as myself can confidently say …
Updated: Jan 19, 2022 By Amber Daw Listen to this here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1IOw6zsvjGvWk7Y7lNA7ZF?si=f82bbefff24b4145 If you think back to when you were younger I’m sure you can recall countless relatives asking you “what do you want to be when you grow up?”. For the most part they’d always agree with whatever you said, no matter how silly …
By Suruthi (@fightrheumatoidarthritis) Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/385mAUsPsvhPExfnWDqBsy?si=50a13e492e444eb1 When discussing the symptoms of my condition, it’s usually my joints and the side effects of my medication that get discussed, but over time I have found that there is something that is way more affected by my condition: my mental health. For a very long time, I’ve felt …
By Ella Marcham (she/her) Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/16ZiCBXNYrzwe9vmuZjE1s?si=eb021b7bd86147fa Physical health and mental health are closely connected, especially for those living with a chronic illness. Sometimes a bad physical health day can trigger a decline in mental health, or vice versa. This piece explores navigating through life whilst trying to find a balance between the constantly tipping …