Category: Mental Health

Earthed: ‘As a woman, you’re made to feel as if you have no expertise about yourself’

May 5, 2021 | Books, Mental Health

Q&A with Rebecca Schiller, author of Earthed: A Memoir Rebecca Schiller is a writer,...

‘As a queer asylum seeker I can’t be myself with healthcare professionals. They just don’t understand’

Feb 22, 2021 | Mental Health, Physical Health

Guest post by Ceecee, a member of Women for Refugee Women’s Rainbow Sisters Group for LBT...

Wakey: ‘Good mental health shouldn’t be left to chance’

Dec 3, 2020 | Mental Health

Guest post by Deborah Coughlin, founder of Wakey In November, mental health focused breakfast TV...

‘Mental illness in the Black community is a loud whisper; no one talks about it’

Nov 17, 2020 | Mental Health

Guest post by Mary Raftopoulos, co-founder of This Is Impt Mary is the co-founder of This Is Impt,...

‘Why are you worrying about your health when you were told that you’re fine?’

Oct 14, 2020 | #BlackWomensHealthMatters, Mental Health

Guest post by Olugbemi Moronfolu. Content warning: bulimia and its physical effects The writer of...

Bipolar: ‘They didn’t trust my Jamaican psychiatrist, and they didn’t trust me with my own body’

Oct 12, 2020 | #BlackWomensHealthMatters, Mental Health

Guest post by Christina Ivey The writer of this guest post was paid for her contribution thanks to...

Black Minds Matter: ‘For some reason there’s a belief that Black people are stronger’

Oct 9, 2020 | #BlackWomensHealthMatters, Mental Health

Q&A with Soraya Stuart from Black Minds Matter UK Black Minds Matter UK is a charitable fund...

World Mental Health Day 2019

Oct 10, 2019 | Mental Health

A look back at the last year of mental health posts on Hysterical Women Yesterday marked...

When physical disability and mental ill-health collide: ‘At least we know now you’re not making it up’

Aug 7, 2019 | Mental Health

Guest post by Philippa Willitts People often see that I walk with crutches and ask me how I became...

Antidepressant withdrawal and serotonin syndrome: ‘I felt like I was dying, but doctors put it down to my mental health problems’

Jun 12, 2019 | Mental Health, Physical Health

Guest post by Fiona In writing this, I am hoping to help others through my experience. I have been...

‘This isn’t just something all women go through, like starting your period or having a zit on prom night’: living with PMDD

Apr 10, 2019 | Menstrual Health, Mental Health

Guest post by Elaina Moscato April is PMDD Awareness Month. According to Mind: “premenstrual...

Call for submissions: PMDD and mental health

Apr 3, 2019 | Mental Health

Guest posts needed – here’s how to write for Hysterical Women In April and May...

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