Sarah Bailey

How (and When!) to Say YES to Your Inner Child

Everyone has an inner child. But how often do you let yours run free?

People like you, talking about their experience with depression.

Living with Depression: Patient Stories and Support

Read stories from people who live with and manage depression and other mental health challenges. Each story gives a first-person account of living with depression, with tips for finding the right mental health support and coping with depressive episodes. 

65 Depression Patient Stories - Page 2

 How the Pandemic Fuels My Compulsive Social Media Usage
4 mins
article
Megan Potts

How the Pandemic Fuels My Compulsive Social Media Usage

What I Need to Hear as a Mum with Anxiety
3 mins
article
Megan Potts

What I Need to Hear as a Mum with Anxiety

5 Physical Symptoms of Mental Illness
4 mins
article
Megan Potts

5 Physical Symptoms of Mental Illness

4 Breakthroughs I Had During a Global Crisis
5 mins
article
Megan Potts

4 Breakthroughs I Had During a Global Crisis

5 Ways to Distract Yourself in Difficult Times
4 mins
article
Sarah Alexander-Georgeson

5 Ways to Distract Yourself in Difficult Times

4 Things I Need from My Friends During a Mental Health Setback
5 mins
article
Megan Potts

4 Things I Need from My Friends During a Mental Health Setback

How to Handle Social Media with Depression and Anxiety
4 mins
article
Sarah Bailey

How to Handle Social Media with Depression and Anxiety

COVID-19: Managing your Mental Health
1 min
article

COVID-19: Managing your Mental Health

My First Year of Motherhood: Looking Back on My Mental Health Challenges
5 mins
article
Megan Potts

My First Year of Motherhood: Looking Back on My Mental Health Challenges

I Reduced My Working Hours to Protect my Mental Health
4 mins
article
Martin Gallagher

I Reduced My Working Hours to Protect my Mental Health

Surviving a Heart Attack and Learning How to Live Again
10 mins
article
Jeff Breece

Surviving a Heart Attack and Learning How to Live Again

Surviving – and Thriving – Through the Last Stretch of Winter With MS
4 mins
article
Birgit Bauer

Surviving – and Thriving – Through the Last Stretch of Winter With MS

5 Ways to Manage Mental Health Issues in Winter
4 mins
article
Sarah Bailey

5 Ways to Manage Mental Health Issues in Winter

5 Ways Caregivers Can Help After a Heart Attack
4 mins
article
Kimby Jagnandan

5 Ways Caregivers Can Help After a Heart Attack

9 Tips to Get Active With and Beyond Cancer
5 mins
article
Alice-May Purkiss

9 Tips to Get Active With and Beyond Cancer

How to Help a Loved One through a Panic Attack
4 mins
article
Kat Naish

How to Help a Loved One through a Panic Attack

About Life Effects

Living with one or more chronic conditions affects your life in so many ways. The only people who really know what you are going through are those who have faced the same challenges for years. With that in mind we have created Life Effects, an initiative shaped by patients, for patients.

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