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12May

My Therapist was My Secret Weapon

Emma Dally

counselling, depression, experienceoftherapy, family, self, therapy

Mind

Emma Dally reflects on her long-term relationship with her therapist; a relationship that helped her heal childhood wounds and family rifts and live a more fulfilled life.
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07May

Valuing our State of Mind

Louise Chunn

anxiety, depression, psychology, self, society

Mind

Welldoing attended the Our State of Mind event to hear from Mind CEO Paul Farmer, Action for Happiness director Mark Williamson and co-authors of Thrive, Richard Layard and David Clark about the state of mental health in the UK.
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05May

Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad General Election?

Louise Chunn

culture, psychology, society

Mind

We ask our therapists for their opinions on whether the General Election 2015 is having an effect on mental health.
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24Apr

How Channel 4's Plus Sized Wars Misses the Point

Leanne Brookes

self, society, wellbeing, women

Mind

Singer-songwriter and mental health blogger Leanne Brookes reflects on how Channel 4's Plus Sized Wars documentary misses the point on mental health.
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21Apr

How Social Media Gave a Child Sex Abuse Survivor a Voice

Louise Chunn

abuse, childhood, CSA, society, therapy

Mind

Child sex abuse is a subject that in the UK we are slowly waking up to after many decades of pretending it wasn’t there. How do the children who suffered the abuse ever recover? Sue Crocombe speaks to Louise Chunn about her experiences.
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13Apr

Are you Easy Prey for a Sociopath?

Jane McGregor

empathy, society, sociopath

Mind

In a new post from Dr Jane McGregor in our sociopath series, learn about the Sociopath-Empath-Apath Triad and find out if you are likely to be easy prey for a sociopath.
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09Apr

Why My Mum's Dementia Affects Us All

Leanne Brookes

care, dementia, family

Mind

Young singer-songwriter and mental health blogger Leanne Brookes on the distress and difficulty of having a mother with early on-set Alzheimer's disease.
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07Apr

How To Communicate When You're Angry

Dennis Relojo-Howell

anger, communication, couple, emotions, friendship

Mind

It's difficult not to let anger get the best of us sometimes. Here are seven simple tips you can employ to better communication when you are angry.
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06Apr

The New Age of Loneliness

Susan Pinker

loneliness, self, society, wellbeing

Mind

We're more connected than ever, but lonelier too, especially younger people. Susan Pinker, author of The Village Effect, on why and what can be done about it
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27Mar

Why The Andreas Lubitz Case Shouldn’t Stigmatise Depression

Louise Chunn

depression, society, stress, suicide

Mind

​We are all shocked and saddened by the death of 150 people in the Germanwings crash in the French Alps earlier this week. But as reports arise that link the deaths with co-pilot Andreas Lubitz's history of depression, many have faulted the way the media is reporting this tragic story. Headlines such as Killer Pilot Suffered from Depression (Mirror), Madman in Cockpit (Sun) and Why Was He Allowed to Fly (Mail) have, according to a joint press release from the mental health charities Mind, Time to Change and Rethink Mental Illness, been overly simplistic.
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