Bipolar? No one really knows what it is. Even today it's still massively misunderstood and badly affected by stigma. Ali Shaw was no different when she was diagnosed in 2009. Beautiful Chaos is the st
As a young child, it would seem like Melissa Boyle she had it all. But as Melissa grows, she becomes foul to the creature of anxiety, which manifests itself in emetophobia; a fear of vomiting. Geek Ma
Mark Williams led a content life; from a working-class background, he worked his way up into a promising career and then met the love of his life. When his wife Michelle fell pregnant, it seemed as th
This beautiful and moving poem, by an unknown author, was left by a soldier killed in Ulster "to all my loved ones". This special edition, sensitively illustrated with delicate drawings by Paul Saunde
Alison Sanders was happily married to her university sweetheart, Paul, and they had everything they could hope for. But they couldn't conceive naturally so they decided adopt. However, days after they
Paula McGuire plans to swim all around the United Kingdom. At the time of writing, Paula can't swim … somehow that isn't discouraging her one bit! Must Try Harder tells the remarkable story of a life
In her mid-twenties, balancing a stable job and a partying lifestyle, Annie was also on the hunt for a man. She wanted to find Mr Right, get married, buy a house, and live the life she'd always wanted
By the time she was two years old, Erika Nielsen knew that her real language was music and her ?true voice the cello. But she could never understand why one day she floated on sparkling ?clouds and ma
In A Series of Unfortunate Stereotypes, Lucy explores the different lenses through which she – and other people – have viewed her mental health problems. She tackles a number of different stereotypes
A story of bravery, courage and resilience, Burlesque or Bust is a humorous yet poignant personal account of one woman's struggle to free herself from severe mental illness and claim her sexual identi
One could hardly guess that a strong, successful young woman would one day crumble to pieces, so hopeless and devastated that she believed life was no longer worth living. Enoch Li shares her experien
The Mad Traveller is the fascinating story of Imogen Groome's experience with dissociative fugue. Imogen would often find herself somewhere unknown with no recollection of how or why she had got there
