More days than not, I experience low mood, excessive worry and difficult intrusive thoughts. My illness (some kind of combo of anxiety & ...

I want to share what I have learned about living with a long term mental illness called generalised anxiety disorder. In this Part 2 I h...

I want to share what I have learned about living with a long term mental illness called generalised anxiety disorder. A couple of caveats...

I want to write about something very difficult today. It’s difficult because we are all anxious about the future and worried about how to...

I have anxiety, depression and pure OCD. On my bad days, they have me. TMI?! As a Time to Change Champion and a media volunteer for the c...

I am so pleased that this poem I wrote after volunteering at my local football club for Time to Change last year is going to be shared wi...

Well, good morning campers. I hope the Christmas season is treating you well. Just a quick update from me. I am in fact still standing. R...

Somehow, I find myself without a therapist, without my studies and at a loss as to what happens next. Without someone professional whom I...

I am struggling at the moment. Really not doing that well. I've turned off all notifications on my phone for the first time ever and even...

This blog was first featured on www.thepositivepsychologypeople.com When I first heard about Positive Psychology and character strengths ...

They wear me and I am see-through, Exposed, uncovered Yet modestly hiding. The absolute worst Is in my mind. Stereo Vision. Doubt, Guilt....

The day begins And I just know It's going to be One of those days. I dress myself With extra care. Trying hard Not to look down. A touch ...

Who am I today? I think so therefore I am. Feeling everything. By Lena Britnell Poetry #SelfExpression #EverythingElse

Never giving up Just following flamingos Through rose tinted skies. By Lena Britnell Poetry #SelfExpression #MentalIllness

Lets get one thing straight. I am more of an indoors girl, than an outdoors girl. I am not a hiker, a biker neither do I camp. My idea of...

I just want to write to capture what I am feeling today...in case it changes. Read on... I've just got back from a half term holiday, in ...

Prompted by a recent post from the charity Rethink which highlighted some misconceptions of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), I have c...

Focus on the now, lighten up, cheer up, Just think about others that are much worse off. Worrying doesn’t change things, try harder and y...

It’s shaped me; all this stuff before, Though sometimes I don’t want to remember no more. The sense of being different, being set apart, ...