Blurt Foundation: Stamping Out The Stigma, One Word At A Time

I walked like a ghost, completely disguised even to those apparently close to me. Two feelings were constant and interchanging; numbness and pain. Nothing seemed to break through. Not the love of my family, laughter with friends or the beauty of the world. In hindsight, it’s like I wandered through the last year of my [...]

This book is intended for those who want to improve their mental health.  This book can be used by those who have mental health problems as well as those who don’t; however, as is stressed halfway through, this book is not intended for those with serious mental health problems (such as schizophrenia or any personality [...]

I have suffered with depression since the age of 16. I am now 34. I still take medication, and without it, I truly believe I would be dead.  I tried to kill myself in my late teen/early twenties, suffered self harm, bulimia and alcoholism. Four years ago I stopped drinking and my life has transformed. [...]

I am going to start from the beginning, even though when I was first affected by depression I didn’t know it. I was 15 and had just started my final year at high school. I was very happy at the time but by the November my world started to crash around me. I became disinterested [...]

Here at Blurt HQ, we’re delighted to have been shortlisted for a TalkTalk Digital Hero award and wondered if you could please take two seconds (it really is that quick, no registration required, just one click and you’re done) to……. Clicking on the image above will take you to the voting page or you can [...]

I’ve been coaching, advising, developing and supporting individuals, teams and groups most of my life. Whether its through delivering training courses or coaching people with specific life needs, the similarities of what people deal with, and how they deal with things continue to strike me. We all go through similar things. As a result of [...]

Depression has changed me. For better or worse, it’s an experience that has made a permanent mark on my character. Depression has also confused me, because, although I know I’ve changed, I can’t always remember what I was like before it came along. I sometimes have vivid memories of what I felt like at the [...]

I have suffered with depression for as long as I can remember, but wasn’t diagnosed until fairly recently. And then I had to come to terms with the fact that there was actually something wrong with me that wasn’t going to go away. In some ways it’s a relief to know that I’m not just [...]

You never think it would happen to you. If you’re anything like me, you’ll have memories of hearing about depression, without ever having considered what it is. I know people who have suffered with depression for several years and it always surprised me that they would broadcast their feelings over social networking sites – surely, [...]

I always thought that I was just a little moodier than most people and that maybe I was a little bit more sensitive than others – was it because I had been bullied, that I hadn’t blossomed like all my friends had or just growing pains?? It wasn’t until my Nana died in 1999 that [...]