Henry Collard: Lessons In Mental Health – Medium

Henry Collard: Lessons In Mental Health

Pinned

An Introduction to Mental Health

I’ve decided to write a blog about lessons learned in mental health, and been informed I ought to provide some context to them. To explain…

May 18, 2020

An Introduction to Mental Health

May 18, 2020

Lesson 10: Antidepressants Can Make You Want to Die

One of the more important issues around mental health I feel it prudent to discuss, is medication. Antidepressants in particular. Fair…

Feb 14, 2022

Lesson 10: Antidepressants Can Make You Want to Die

Feb 14, 2022

Lesson 9: Go to Fucking Therapy (Yes, You)

Really this should be lesson number one. Therapy, therapy, therapy, therapy, therapy. Therapy. Are you a person? Have you got issues? Yes…

Dec 15, 2021

Lesson 9: Go to Fucking Therapy (Yes, You)

Dec 15, 2021

Lesson 8: Night Driving Makes Me Feel Both More and Less Insane

So I have learned to drive relatively late in life. My main reason for finally doing it was to provide myself with an escape from my…

Oct 15, 2021

Lesson 8: Night Driving Makes Me Feel Both More and Less Insane

Oct 15, 2021

Lesson 7: The Film Easy A Can Cure a Panic Attack

Years ago I was at a festival writhing and suffering and tugging my hair out, alone in a tent one evening. No, it wasn’t a bad trip or drug…

Jul 12, 2021

Lesson 7: The Film Easy A Can Cure a Panic Attack

Jul 12, 2021

Lesson 6: Your Life Coach is Unlikely to be Terry Crews

Anxiety isn’t really very funny most of the time. Retrospectively, sure, but not at the time. It’s hard to be overly comical when you…

Jun 21, 2021

Lesson 6: Your Life Coach is Unlikely to be Terry Crews

Jun 21, 2021

Lesson 5: Becoming a Sad Bastard Can be Good for You

Often to overcome hurdles in mental health, we must allow ourselves to delve into realms of sad bastard-dom. Really, these realms don’t…

Jun 15, 2021

Lesson 5: Becoming a Sad Bastard Can be Good for You

Jun 15, 2021

Lesson 4: Keep a Diary Instead of Killing a Bunch of People

Journaling has figuratively saved my life. Perhaps literally. I know what you’re thinking, ‘journaling? Gaaaay.’ Well that simply makes you…

Jun 7, 2021

Lesson 4: Keep a Diary Instead of Killing a Bunch of People

Jun 7, 2021

11 Films About Loneliness to Make Us Feel Connected

Someone once said (For the life of me I can’t find the quote, so this may be butchered) that all the greatest stories are about loneliness…

May 22, 2020

11 Films About Loneliness to Make Us Feel Connected

May 22, 2020

Mindfulness: Don’t Let the Buzzword Put You Off

In my last post, I briefly mentioned how beneficial mindfulness can be. Everyone knows this, it’s been shown in studies, it zips by you in…

May 21, 2020

Mindfulness: Don’t Let the Buzzword Put You Off

May 21, 2020

Henry Collard: Lessons In Mental Health

Henry Collard: Lessons In Mental Health

I’m an anxiety and depression veteran. Occasionally I learn things about mental health and wellbeing. Here I benevolently share my wisdom.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams