Removing the mask

I’d like to begin by apologising. It’s been a long time since I shared my deepest secrets with you all and posted my first bebravebehonest blog. I guess that I was so overwhelmed by the response that I didn’t quite know how to follow it up. After mulling it over for a few weeks wondering……

In admiration…

By Tim Clement I should start this contribution with a foreword to apologise for any ignorance I may portray. My only experiences of mental health have been second hand, so I cannot pretend to truly understand what sufferers go through. That might make my point come across as somewhat patronising to some, but I want……

Why we need to put ‘health’ back into ‘mental health’

They say a picture says a thousand words. I think the one above says a billion. From a young age we learn the importance of plastering a cut. We practise playing doctors and nurses; attempting to cure any ailment (real or imaginary) our parents may have had with our bandages and a plastic stethoscope. As…