That’s right, Love Island is back on our TV screens! So we must prepare ourselves to be bombarded with “perfect-looking” women all with plump booties and boobs as big as the ego of the male contestants. For girls who don’t have astonishingly flat stomachs or supermodel-long legs, it can be hard to watch and not feel completely shit about your own body. After all, Love Island and many “reality” TV…
Mental Health
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The Story Behind My First Tattoo
Read moreWARNING – Discussions of mental health; particularly anxiety, depression and suicide. At the beginning of 2019, I decided that one of my goals for the year was to get a tattoo. After all, I had been considering getting one since I was about sixteen but…
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World Bipolar Day: My Experience with Bipolar Disorder
Read moreToday is World Bipolar Day – a day to raise awareness of bipolar disorders and eliminate the stigma surrounding the illness. While I necessarily haven’t experienced bipolar myself, I have seen the effects of this mental illness on my family after my grandad was diagnosed…
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Supporting Someone With Their Mental Health
Read moreI, like most people in the UK, suffer from a range of mental health disorders that affect my daily life. Whether it’s getting up in the morning for work or making important phones calls, I cannot help the way my brain is wired to deal…