Time To Change blogs

Walking a troubled path together: Me and Zak Dingle

Lol B — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:19:29 +0000

If you're an Emmerdale fan, you will have recently seen Emmerdale's Zak Dingle struggling with his mental health problem.

Our supporter, Lol Butterfield, talks about how he used his experiences to work with Time to Change to help Emmerdale craft their scripts.

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Mental health: man vs. machine

Terry_ — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:28:48 +0000

We’ve all got it! In fact, no one on planet earth is free of it. Without it, we would not be able to survive or function in the world on a day to day basis.

So why is it that so few people want to talk about it positively or admit to even having it?

Sticks and stones: talking about mental illness

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:18:04 +0000

I’ve got a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder. It’s not a very common diagnosis so I’ll explain that it is given when a mood disorder (in my case depression) coincides with symptoms of schizophrenia, such as hearing voices or having strange ideas.

Mental health awareness week: don't let people suffer in silence

Dancingflame — Mon, 21 May 2012 11:17:08 +0000

Psycho, nutter, loon, mad, mentally ill. To be honest it doesn’t matter what terminology is used, they all spell out the same thing: I’m different, an outcast, not "normal".

Everyone in the office now knows about my mental illness

Elaine1 — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:42:38 +0000

I had been working for my current employer a few years when one day my depression spilled over into a breakdown right there in the office in front of everyone. No one really knew what to do but they calmed me as best they could and got me home safely.

The effects of company culture on mental health

Lorrie — Thu, 17 May 2012 09:44:43 +0000

When anyone asks me why I gave up working for myself I tell them it was mainly the stress of having an unpredictable income and the sense of isolation that came from working on my own, which pretty much sums it up.

Body Dismorphic Disorder: "I am glad that I can now talk openly about it"

Rebecca1 — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:31:11 +0000

I first became unwell as an adolescent. At age 14, I started experiencing severe depression, panic attacks and obsessive tendencies. The obsessive behaviours included compulsive skin picking, a disorder also known as dermatillomania. I began to pick at areas of skin on my face.

Carrie, Homeland and portrayals of bipolar disorder

Dancingflame — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:17:03 +0000

Homeland is my must see viewing for the week. It is a series that does not advertise the fact that one of the lead characters has a mental health problem and did not clearly acknowledge the significance of this until the penultimate episode.

When help seems to fail, who do you blame?

Mon, 14 May 2012 08:58:50 +0000

At the young age of ten it was easy for me to remember my dolly whenever I left the house and to hide my vegetables in the dog if I didn’t want to eat them but to understand and be aware of mental health was a completely different matter.

Mental health on Facebook: What's on your mind?

James Wooldridge — Fri, 11 May 2012 14:54:57 +0000

There is a relatively new phenomenon in the world of social networking and mental health; the Facebook relapse.