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08Jun

How Social Anxiety Turned My World Upside Down

Fixers

anxiety, cbt, self, student, therapy, university

Mind

Hannah Kara shares her experience of dealing with social anxiety, bought on by a panic attack in 2012.
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05Jun

​“I lied, I stole, I hit my wife”: an Alcoholic’s Recovery

Anonymous

addiction, counselling, family, men, self

Mind

One middle-aged man shares an honest account of the ups and downs of his journey from alcoholism to sobriety
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23May

Dementia Awareness Week 2015: Trust in Your Local Library

Debbie Hicks

care, dementia, elderly, family, love, society

Mind

Debbie Hicks, director of The Reading Agency, explains how their scheme Reading Well Books on Prescription supports people with dementia, their carers and family members.
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18May

Dementia Awareness Week 2015: How to Prevent Dementia

June Andrews

care, dementia, elderly, self, wellbeing

Mind

It's Dementia Awareness Week: to show our support, June Andrews, author of Dementia: The One Stop Guide, posts on how to best prevent the symptoms of dementia
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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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