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Empowering You to Be Well

Stories

I know there’ll be relapses, but I also know I can make it out the other side

Therapy has been and will stay a big part of helping me understand my mental health, and how to deal with issues that arise.

If mental health issues were more visible, general attitudes would be different

‘You’d never know.’ The number of times I’ve heard that. I know it’s well meant, I get that. But it’s still an insensitive response, isn’t it?

I found a culture of acceptance here. It was very positive and encouraging

When I was first looking at universities to apply to after A Levels, I did want to find out if there was an awareness of and support there for mental health issues.
When success is what you know, Failure’s hard to accept

It came as a shock. It really did. A bolt out of the blue.

I don’t think completing a degree is easy for anybody – but for me it’s become the challenge of a lifetime

There is a quote that I like that says ‘Go as long as you can, and then take another step’. Every year that I spend at university is a step I never thought I would find the courage to make.

The last year has been one which has had fewer highlights than most

In many senses, I can happily count myself as one of the lucky ones over the course of the lockdown thus far.