Triggers And Mental Illness: How To Recognize Them The struggle with mental illness is one that many people face daily. It can be difficult for people who don't have mental health issues to understand what's going on inside someone's mind and how to help them. Triggers can be a huge [...]
Impact of Mental Illness on Relationships & Friendships Mental health issues or illnesses can wreak havoc on an individual’s everyday life that, in turn, negatively influence personal and professional relationships in the end. Undiagnosed and untreated mental health problems have been reported to harm friendships and relationships more than anything [...]
What is the Best Way to Support Family Members With Mental Health Problems? With the world grappling with the outbreak of COVID-19 and all of the government lockdowns that the population has endured, there has never been a greater risk of a family member developing a mental illness. Mental illness [...]
Hey everyone, it's Craig Marchant here, and I'm the author of "Conquer Your Inner Demons: The Ultimate Guide to Better Mental Health", and founder of "Destination Inspiration". And today, I want to talk to you about how I conquered my fears and started living my life on my terms. My [...]
Grief and Children The death of a loved one can cause so many emotions and feelings. As adults, we try and take the positive, remembering the good times rather than the bad. The grief process can vary from individual to individual. At least, that’s how I chose to look at [...]
Mental Illness and Hospitalisation So the dreaded 'H' word has just been lobbed at you like a live hand grenade and has you ducking for cover while you work out what happens next. Hospitalisation generally happens when one of two things occur: You said the magic words to your GP [...]
Social Anxiety and COVID-19 Restrictions Introduction Due to COVID-19, government-imposed restrictions around the world are quite common. Unfortunately, this has had a disastrous impact on our mental health. The mental health system is at maximum capacity, which means its harder than ever to get the timely assistance you may require. [...]
PTSD and Me - Transform Pain Into Power Introduction As you might know, I have suffered from Depression, Anxiety and Schizoaffective Disorder now for 25+ years and have accumulated a lot of experience and knowledge along the way. My main purpose in this life is to help others who are [...]
Back on the 25th August 2020, I sent an email to Minister Martin Foley about some concerns I held with the Mental Health services available in the state of Victoria in Australia. Email to the Minister for Mental Health You can see below a copy of what I sent to [...]
Aloha All, Aloha, what a fantastic word. Aloha is the Hawaiian word for "Love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy". I think we could all do with more of that in our lives, especially those who have a mental illness. Not to mention what I would give to be in Hawaii [...]
