As you read through these blog posts, it is likely that you will be able to relate to some of the difficulties and stresses of living with mental illness, or know someone who has experienced them. This, unfortunately, comes as no surprise, 1 in 4 people experiencing a mental health problem of some kind in any given year (Mind). Another gloomy figure from Mind presents that only 1 in 8 people with mental illness are currently receiving support of any kind. Part of this blog will be dedicated to the destigmatisation of mental illness and raising general awareness.
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The Trying 20's is a combination of a 3rd year University assignment, and the musings of a 20-something female living in a world that is all too often unkind on mental well-being.
The blog posts will consist of an array of mental health related topics, such as how mental illness is portrayed in literature, the pressure of the current state of the world on our minds and the influence of society whilst scrambling through our 'in-between' years.
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Thank you for coming along on this journey with me. I hope that you will in some way benefit from reading my blog.
Important contacts:
SHOUT (text): 85258
Samaritan's (call): 116 123
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"Sometimes, you just gotta sit in the yard and not be anything for a while. Just be you. That's what I'm doing at the moment. You want to be you with me?" - K.K. Slider (Animal Crossing)
Great idea Emma! X
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