Real stories about experiencing mental health problems

Read real life stories of people who have experienced mental health problems or issues, either themselves or as a friend, family member or carer.

Maybe you found a great strategy to help you cope with stress? Or you have a diagnosis of a serious mental illness but have found the path to recovery? Perhaps you cared for a family member with dementia or disabling depression?

If so, we'd love to share your story with other people on this website. You can always share your story anonymously. To share your story, email the webteam@mhf.org.uk

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Stories about real people and mental health

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Title	Summary
A Green Gym user's story	A real story about a person's struggle with work stress
A man's story	A retired worker tells their story about living with schizophrenia
Alan D's story	A real story about a man who thought about suicide.
Alan's story	A real story of a man locked in a prison of emotional torture.
Alex's story	A personal account about living with borderline personality disorder
Bea's story	A real life story about a lady who had depression and started exercising.
Chris' story	A personal account of a man's struggle with depression
David's story	For many year I was an in patient in hospital.
Eddie's story	A real life story about a policeman's road to recovery after suffering from depression.
Graeme's story	A personal account of a man's struggle with cyclothymia, a "milder" form of...