-
Why are pets good for our mental health?
Studies show that pets reduce stress, anxiety and depression; ease loneliness; encourage exercise and improve your overall health. For example, people with dogs tend to have lower blood pressure and are less likely to develop heart disease. Playing with a dog, cat, or other pet can elevate levels of serotonin and dopamine, which helps calm… Read more
-
Co-Production Workshop
RAISE UP! – Looking for young people with lived experience of suicidal actions or thoughts – DEADLINE 8TH APRIL Read more
-
Moustaches alone won’t save lives
“Ha, men’s mental health, what a joke, just get over it isn’t it?” What I might have been told many years ago/some people still get told across the globe. I still think some people I know want to say this to me whenever I’m struggling, but they know I’ll bite their head off with a… Read more
-
Mind the Gap – A 2019 #mentalreport looking at mental ill-health as a disability
Mind the Gap – discussing mental health as a disability issue. Read more
-
Tattooing and Self-Care
EYMH Activist Emmy, shares a wonderful opinion piece on the links between tattoos and mental health, with several 1st hand accounts. Read more
-
#mentalstories – Tattoos & self-care – Beth, UK
In this blog, Beth from UK, shares her journey of mental health and how tattoos have helped that journey. This article in no way encourages people to get tattooed ( especially underage teenagers) but rather to promote acceptance and challenge the negative perception of tattooed people as well as the idea that tattoos are a… Read more