Following on from a few discussions I’ve had in the last few days, I’m keen to get some thoughts of other peoples experiences of how they manage depression and anxiety, being constructively or destructively. This webpage is a research project that seeks to collect and prioritize ideas in a transparent, democratic, and bottom-up way. It’s [...]
I’ve published a a couple of blogs I wrote in my personal journal before and I’m going to share a few more over the next week or two. Through all the planning and talking about the whole Biggest Journey project, I’ve started to become really aware of just how different I feel compared to last [...]
Mental illness isn’t just hard on the people that suffer from it, but also those who live with them, support them, who love them. My wife has been incredibly supportive through my whole journey and she wanted to write a guest post for the blog, explaining things from her perspective – I hope this is [...]
This Poll is completely confidential, no personal details are tracked or recorded The 1 in 4 statistic 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem in any given year. This is the most commonly quoted statistic, and the one which has the most research evidence to support it. It came initially from a [...]
Having just followed a link from twitter to read a blog by Paul Brook, entitled Riding the Recovery Rollercoaster, I was reminded of a post on my private blog I wrote at the beginning of March last year. This was a couple of weeks of being diagnosed with depression and the final thing that pushed [...]
A few days ago, I caught up with twitter friend and cycling podcaster, John Galloway from Velocast. It turns out that John has his own history of mental health challenges and we recorded a great chat about my Biggest Journey challenge and the reasons behind why I’m doing it. Listen here: The Sofaboy Chronicles, Episode 1 [...]
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