It can be difficult as a young person to find out who you are, and where you feel you belong in the world. It can be even more challenging when you identify as LGBT+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and other…
There are many myths surrounding the issue of bullying. These can potentially be harmful if you’ve ever experienced bullying because they trivialise your experience and suggest that bullying isn’t something to be worried about. People might say: “Bullying is just…
To start with I couldn’t face making a safety plan, a plan for when I felt in crisis and in danger of harming myself. It felt like admitting I was a failure and would fail again. So, I didn’t. I…
Dorset Mind has been awarded sizeable funding from the National Lottery to help expand their support programme for young people’s mental health across Dorset. The charity will receive the grant over three years. This will enable them to roll-out its…
When I hold my girlfriend’s hand, it makes me feel loved. It also makes me feel different. It makes me feel like I am making a political statement. It makes me wonder will anyone call me out? Every time I…
“Who were you kind to today?” “Myself” I replied, and it was met with a wave of guilt as I said the words. Why have we so long mixed-up self-care and self-kindness with being selfish, self-centred and with narcissism. This…
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