Having just finished National Eating Disorders awareness week (February 26th – March 4th, 2017) and now entering Self- Harm awareness month (March 1st – 31st, 2017) it seems essential to highlight mental health and learn […]
You’ve recovered from an eating disorder… But what happens now?
Eating disorders are damaging illnesses that can grasp away your happiness for long periods of time. For eating disorders awareness week, Charlie discusses the confusion you may feel once you have recovered from an eating disorder, […]
We should be pushing for mental health support for our personal tutors
University is a tumultuous time; for many it may be the first time away from home, their first time studying in such a different environment and a whole set of expectations that they feel powerless […]
Mind Yourself: songs to cure the new year blues
Martha discusses University of Leeds’ Wellbeing Festival, and talks us through our student wellbeing playlist. A new term is starting at Leeds University. This means the start of new modules, perhaps joining new societies and meeting […]
2016 reflections: mental health, New Zealand, and free hot chocolate
3rd January at 11:06pm, surely that’s not toooo late to reflect on 2016? I celebrated this New Years in the oddest way yet; at 12 midnight my boyfriend and I were stranded in the middle […]
Welfare at Leeds: Time restriction vs Social Prescription
What can you do in 10 minutes? Ring home? Put out your laundry? Do your dishes? What you can’t do in 10 minutes is have a conversation which delves deeply enough into all the aspects […]
May’s mental health missions: rhetoric or reality?
Your friends are all pre-drinking for the night ahead. They’ve been playing ring of fire in the kitchen for the last half hour but you’re still in your room. Perhaps you’re studying your ceiling contemplating […]
We need to talk about mental health
Mental health. It’s a subject that still has a lot of social stigma around it. We don’t like talking about it. It makes us feel uncomfortable, vulnerable. This is despite the fact that, according to […]
Man up, crash down
Apparently boys don’t cry. This is a view that seems to still hold a dangerous amount of weight in our society. Most men will be familiar with such disheartening phrases as “be a man”, “grow […]
The Lad Bible and mental health
When you think about The LAD bible what immediately pops into your mind? Whatever just appeared in your head it probably wasn’t a campaign which encourages more open discussion and greater awareness of male mental […]
Welfare at Leeds: don’t bottle it up
It’s time to talk about mental health. From a very young age we’re taught that if you fall and graze your knee you clean it and put on a plaster, that if you’ve got the […]
The Best and Worst Depictions of Mental illness in Films
Monday 10th October marked national mental health awareness day. Mental illness affects 1 in 4 people every year so it is important for this to be represented within the media. Unfortunately, Hollywood often perpetuates the […]