Tag: mental health

  • I Shaved My Head and Survived on 500 Calories Because of Emetophobia: But it Didn’t Win!

    Hello!   Ten different mental health diagnoses. None of them right. Melina was surviving on barely any food, avoiding all social situations, and at one point – driven by fear – even shaved her own head. “Emetophobia made me do some crazy things,” she says. For years, doctors missed what was really going on. ARFID…

  • Children’s Mental Health Week

    Children’s Mental Health Week Children’s Mental Health Week. This week (1-7 February 2021) is Children’s Mental Health Week so we’ll be sharing stories of young people who have beaten their emetophobia and learned to thrive. Emetophobia often starts in childhood, and can really take over the child’s life: Stopping social life Eating disorders, anorexia, ARFID…

  • 2. Thriving at Home – Welcome! – Managing your Mental Health during the Coronavirus Crisis

    Managing your Mental Health This is our new series helping you manage your mental health and feel robust, confident and competent during the coronavirus crisis. We’re so pleased you’re here. …Time to make yourself a drink and find somewhere comfortable to read this. ☕️? …Time to sit back and relax. Hello, and welcome to The…

  • 1. Thriving at Home – Mental Health Made Simple – Learn to Thrive

    Mental Health Made Simple The new series from The Thrive Programme helping you manage your mental health during challenging times. Four days into lockdown and the struggle is real. If this is the first time you’ve experienced a crisis, you might have no idea how to cope, or even doubt that coping is possible. With…