Managing Workplace Stress
April is National Stress Awareness Month. Thank you to our Ambassador, Lucy for sharing her strategies for dealing with workplace stress.
Smiling through the rain
It’s lashing down, the wind is howling, and the forecast is horrendous – the perfect day for Dorset Mind’s Big Walk, just 26 miles from Sandbanks to Mudeford Quay and back – makes complete sense.
Growing up with anxiety
With grateful thanks to our blogger, and volunteer Annabel, for sharing their story 'How I transitioned to adulthood.' It contains Annabel's lived experience - and helpful information and advice to support anxiety.
PTSD and me
Our anonymous guest blogger this week shares their personal insight into living with PTSD and complex PTSD to mark International PTSD Awareness Day.
ADHD and me
Thanks to Chloe McIlroy, Dorset Mind Young People Active Monitoring Practitioner for sharing such personal experiences about her way to learning about her ADHD diagnosis and what that has meant for her.
Living With Anxiety
This week (15th-21st of May 2023) we celebrate Mental Health Awareness Week. Anxiety affects everyone differently; this is my story about how it impacts my life.
Stress like Ted Lasso!
Blog: Stress like Ted Lasso Chandy, Dorset Mind Ambassador I recently started watching Ted Lasso. It’s a fictional story of an American football coach who is asked to come and coach a football team (AFC Richmond) in the Premier League…
Anorexia & Me: A Young Person’s Story
Anorexia & Me: A Young Person's Story TW: This post contains mentions of eating disorders that some people might find triggering. There are links for support at the bottom of the blog, should you need them.
Becoming Charlotte: A Year in Transition
Becoming Charlotte: A Year in Transition You may remember Charlotte from around this time last year - when she kindly wrote a blog to support LGBTQIA+ History Month documenting their story pre-transition. Kindly, Charlotte has written a follow up piece,…
PCOS, Adenomyosis and me
PCOS, Adenomyosis and me 1 in 10 women and those assigned female at birth live with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) in the UK, so why do so many women, including myself, feel so alone? Like Mental Health conditions, not one…