Read our posts about Depression

22May

Are You Feeling Better in Lockdown?

Rachel Farhi

anxiety, coronavirus, depression, wellbeing

Therapists

While the mental health of many has worsened as a result of the covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, for some the change has relieved long-held feelings of depression and anxiety. Therapist Rachel Farhi explores why this might be and shares insights from her own practice.
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18May

Talk Club: Supporting Men's Mental Health

Ben Akers

depression, men, mensmentalhealth, society, suicide

Mind

Ben Akers lost his childhood friend Steve to suicide. To help others, he co-founded Talk Club, a movement that aims to help men talk about mental health difficulties.
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10Mar

New Report Reveals the Rise of Student Mental Health Problems

Welldoing

anxiety, depression, student, university

Mind

The Insight Network and student organisation Dig-In have surveyed 21,027 students to reveal the rising rates of mental health difficulties among students
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30Jan

8 Gut-Friendly Cooking Tips for When You're Feeling Low

Gemma Harris

anxiety, body, depression, gut, health, IBS, nutrition, selfcare, tips

Body

When you're feeling low or anxious, cooking can seem like a chore. Gemma Harris, who focuses on taking care of her gut health to manage IBS and anxiety, shares her top 8 cooking tips
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27Dec

How to Untangle Unhelpful Coping Mechanisms

Dr Steven C. Hayes

ACT, anxiety, depression, psychology, self

Mind

Psychological rigidity is common across all mental health difficulties and can lead to patterns of behaviour that don't serve your best interests. Dr Steven C. Hayes explains
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09Dec

Dealing with Feelings of Hopelessness

FRANCES HOLLINGDALE

depression

Therapists

Feelings of hopelessness can way down on you like no other – Frances Hollingdale explores this complicated emotion and how therapy can help
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13Nov

Changing My Relationship With Alcohol Helped My Mental Health

Ross Lacey

addiction, alcohol, depression, men, suicide

Body

Ross Lacey tried to hide his depression through drinking, but it only made it harder to look after his mental health. Here he shares how he turned things around
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11Nov

How To Manage Feeling Sad

Joshua Miles

depression, emotions, sad, self, wellbeing

Therapists

Though sadness is a universal human feeling, it can be difficult to manage, particularly if we don't know why we feel sad. Therapist Joshua Miles offers seven tips to manage difficult sad feelings.
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30Sep

What is Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy?

Ian Stockbridge

depression, meditation, mindfulness

Therapists

Mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has been proven to be helpful to those living with depression, stress and anxiety
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25Sep

What I Want Others Struggling with Depression to Know

Ross Lacey

depression, men, mensmentalhealth

Mind

Ross Lacey's experience of depression started in adolescence and continued into young adulthood. Eventually, he found things to help him through.
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