Over the two weeks following the release of Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis, I'll be featuring the contributors to the book and excerpts from their narratives. For more details on the book, please visit the Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis page. Elle Rose Elle Rose, who blogs at Secret Lady Spider, shared her story … Continue reading Contributor Feature #5 (Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis)
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is sometimes referred to euphemistically as female circumcision, but it is very different from male circumcision in both form and function. FGM involves cutting or removing parts of the external female genitalia, including some or all of the clitoral glans and clitoral hood, inner labia, and outer labia. The diagram below … Continue reading The Tragedy of Female Genital Mutilation
The emerging blogger series is aimed at community building through giving mental health bloggers who are early in their blogging evolution the opportunity to have their work seen by a wider audience. It's also a way to introduce you as a reader to some newer members of our community. This post is by Eilidh of … Continue reading Emerging Blogger Series: Eilidh
Some people reblog a lot, some people don't. There's no right or wrong – it's just a matter of personal choice. The big argument for reblogging is that it's a way of showing recognition and appreciation for other bloggers' work. Personally, I'm not a big reblogger. I don't think there is one way that is … Continue reading Do you reblog?
Here's what happened in my life over the past week: Thanks so much to Rory of A Guy Called Bloke and K9 Doodlepip for gifting me The Inspiration Award! The feeling's mutual, by the way! I launched both the Mental Health @ Home Store and my new book Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis this week. I … Continue reading Weekend wrap-up
Over the two weeks following the release of Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis, I'll be featuring the contributors to the book and excerpts from their narratives. For more details on the book, please visit the Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis page. Caz Caz writes about chronic illness on her blog Invisibly Me. She shared … Continue reading Contributor Feature #4 (Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis)
Over the two weeks following the release of Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis, I'll be featuring the contributors to the book and excerpts from their narratives. For more details on the book, please visit the Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis page. Candace Candace from Revenge of Eve contributed a story on living with alcohol … Continue reading Contributor Feature #3 (Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis)
In this series, I dig a little deeper into the meaning of psychology-related terms. This week's term: folie à deux Folie à deux is the more commonly recognized name for what's known as shared psychotic disorder in the DSM-5. It's a rare condition that involves shared delusions between two or more people who are in … Continue reading What is… Folie à deux
While it would be great if recovery from mental illness meant that the illness would disappear and never return, for many of us living with mental illness the reality is that it's just not going to go away. That means adapting the concept of recovery to fit with our own individual realities (or chucking aside … Continue reading Finding Recovery in Spite of Mental Illness
Join the MH Conversation is a new series on Mental Health @ Home. It will give people who don't write about mental illness on their own blogs the opportunity to do a guest post sharing their personal experiences with mental illness. The idea is to give people a safe space to tell stories that they … Continue reading Do You Want to Join the Mental Health Conversation?
It's week 15 of Beckie's mental health matters prompt series over at Beckie's Mental Mess. Please visit her post for details on how to participate. This week's topic is isolation and introversion. Prompt #1 Questions: Are you more Isolated or Introverted? I've always been introverted; it's part of who I am. Depression makes me isolate, … Continue reading Working On Us – week 15
Over the two weeks following the release of Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis, I'll be featuring the contributors to the book and excerpts from their narratives. For more details on the book, please visit the Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis page. AutumnSkiesBlog AutumnSkiesBlog contributed a narrative about living with social anxiety disorder. Here's an excerpt: … Continue reading Contributor Feature #2 (Making Sense of Psychiatric Diagnosis)
Bring Me To Light: Embracing my Bipolar and Social Anxiety by Eleanor Segall describes her journey with mental illness, from pre-diagnosis through her work on recovery. It's written in clear, simple language, making it easy to understand for readers with no background knowledge of mental illness. She begins by talking about her Jewish heritage and … Continue reading Book Review: Bring Me To Light
The emerging blogger series is aimed at community building through giving mental health bloggers who are early in their blogging evolution the opportunity to have their work seen by a wider audience. It's also a way to introduce you as a reader to some newer members of our community. This post is by Natalie from … Continue reading Emerging Blogger Series: Natalie
This week's featured product on the Mental Health @ Home Store is the safety plan for suicide prevention. It seems appropriate to feature it today, on World Suicide Prevention Day. The safety plan includes prompts to help you plan ahead to keep yourself safe by identifying resources, coping strategies, and reasons for living. Don't forget … Continue reading MH@H Store Featured Product: Safety Plan