Articles are often based on the personal experience of the author. We talk about a spectrum of mental health disorders and symptoms. We speak about variating severity of mental health issues and treat them equally.

We believe that everyone, no matter how large or small a scale their mental health experience has been, should be valued and listened to.

We also cover topics outside of mental health. Areas that can have an impact or influence on self-esteem and confidence as well as mental health. That’s why we talk about Body Confidence and being a parent!

Mental health isn’t always talking about illnesses or symptoms, it’s about making positive changes in all aspects of our lives that overall, build good mental wellbeing.

Our articles offer advice, tips and tricks, sign-positing to relevant articles, agencies and services. We want people to use the website to better themselves; whether this be through learning new things or learning coping mechanisms and strategies to aid their recovery.

We also have an open door; we have a contribution survey for those looking to submit an idea or topic that they wish to be discussed or covered. We respond to messages from our community as best as we can, signposting them to services/charities that could help or pointing them in the right direction to resources.

Through sharing our experiences, advice and knowledge; we hope to encourage and inspire other to speak about their mental health and use peer support to help their friends, family and colleagues.

All the authors on this page know how it feels to be supressed or silenced, and we want to enable you to speak up about how you’re feeling, speak out against discrimination or prejudice and speak with each other about overcoming barriers and achieving things you once thought were unachievable.

For myself (hello, hi, it’s me, Beth) I started this blog one week during COVID-19 lockdown. Bit the bullet and spent the money on setting up a website not knowing what I was going to write about. One thing I did know, was that I wanted to talk about the things that nobody ever spoke about. Movies and books taught me depression was all crying and eating ice cream in bed; not that my hair was going to be matted and greasy and that I’d have constant diarrhoea from eating Pot Noodles every day for two weeks.

If someone told me that I’d have readers from 27 different countries reading my articles, I’d have laughed. But that’s the reality now. There are probably hundreds of thousands of people out there that want a real conversation about mental health. This website is just a brick in the wall of mental health discussion.

It’s up to you guys to branch that conversation out into your real lives… not just the internet ones…

All articles have the ability to be commented on, encouraging people to continue the discussion whether it’s on the website on our social media pages. We want to provide a safe place, for people to feel welcome and give a sense of belonging.

We want people to recognise names and faces; reach out to people they connect with no matter what side of the world they are on. There is unity beyond the borders of countries or oceans. We are all here because we care about our own mental health and that of our loved ones. (Go you!)

Our articles speak from the heart; speak from experience and speak from sources that are accurate and view mental health from the same perspective as ourselves. We believe that the internet and community as a whole, are a crucial part in breaking down the stigma that still exists around mental health.

We do not use discriminatory language or stereotypes. We debunk myths, prove that everyone is individual and mental illness isn’t what it’s often portrayed as in film and books.

We also aim to challenge ‘self-stigma’ through applying the values above. Self-stigma is the act of labelling and belittling yourself and your illness/mental health. It’s something I struggled a lot with over the years… Not being ill enough, not being severe enough to warrant accessing help. We can’t challenge stigma as a society until we appreciate and acknowledge our own mental health state.

Our shop apparel also contributes to spreading the message that mental illness shouldn’t be shunned. That mental health is something that everyone has.