Eddie Vedder has been the frontman for legendary Seattle band Pearl Jam for nearly 35 years. This week, we’re looking at how he’s dealt with the loss of friends and family in that time, and the power music has to both honour those we’ve lost and help us to process grief.
With Sam Fender’s long awaited third album around the corner, we take a look back at how Sam uses his music and his platform to bring an important focus to mental health and suicide awareness and prevention.
It’s been just over a year since Sean Martin, the lead singer of Liverpool band The Night Café, passed away. We take a look at how Sean and the band used their music to tackle the stigma surrounding mental health, and why it’s so important for us to actively listen to others when they need support.
Me and anxiety have lived side by side for nearly a decade. A time span in which I have transformed from a high school student into a foundation doctor. A period in which anxiety has remained as stubborn as ever. In my internal battlefield, many fights have been fought. In some, sweet victories gained as […]
“The stress and strain of the last year has drained us all and is undoubtedly having a negative impact on our mental health, which if left unchecked can end in tragedy. That is why it is so important that we end the stigma and ensure that people feel comfortable talking about their mental health. To […]
Newport County and My Discombobulated Brain are holding our second virtual drop-in session for Mental Health via Zoom from 7 pm on 28 October 2020. The sessions run every Wednesday at the same time, affording people who have concerns, are struggling for whatever reason or could do with some socialisation to improve their wellbeing. The […]
A few years ago I got to write a piece for the amazing, Parenting without tears. I thought given the time that we are in and the things that are going on in maternity care it was apt to share it again.
Our trustee, Strizz, talks about her experience with COVID-19
Opening day of the 2017/18 season is away at Stevenage, part of the attraction of football is away days with your mates. The journey together with constant laughter at each other’s expense (in good nature) and the travelling into rival territories to support your club while outnumbered by home support so everything you do is […]
If you have been to see your GP about your mental health, I would imagine you were offered some sort of SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) if manifesting symptoms of anxiety or depression. Chances are you weren’t offered any form of counselling. One GP actually laughed when I suggested this, and he wished me “good […]