Schizoaffective Disorder is a mental health illness that affects your mood, thoughts and behaviour. It comprises of symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar, meaning that the individual can experience psychosis, mania and depression. Around 1 in 200 people develop Schizoaffective Disorder. This tends to develop in early adulthood and is more common in women than it…
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We ALL have mental health, yet we only tend to talk about it when someone is experiencing an illness or is going through a difficult time. In reality, we should be talking about mental health through the good and the bad, as it is important that we nourish our mental health at all times, just…
1 in 5 mothers experience a perinatal mental health problem. You may have heard the terms ‘Maternal Mental Health’ and ‘Perinatal Mental Health’ used interchangeably; these terms refer to the mental health of a mother during pregnancy and up to two years after giving birth. Most people have heard of Postnatal Depression; this is depression…
Postpartum Psychosis is a serious mental health condition which is said to occur in 1 in 1000 mothers after giving birth. This condition should be treated as a medical emergency. Signs and Symptoms: Symptoms most often start within 2-weeks of giving birth (on rare occasions, they may not set in for several weeks), they include:…
Hi everyone! It has been quiet here again and I firstly wanted to apologise for that; I am hoping to start posting regularly again starting from now! The reason it has been quiet is simply because our lives have been HECTIC since the wedding. We went to Morocco for 10-days, which was absolute heaven! When…
World Book Night will take place on 23rd April and I for one, am very excited! 19% of readers say that reading stops them from feeling lonely. Regular readers for pleasure have report fewer feelings of stress and depression than non-readers, and stronger feelings of relaxation from reading than from watching television or engaging with…
It has been a little quiet here at SeeTheUniverse lately… that is because I have been super busy planning our wedding and Saturday was the big day! Me and Gemma stayed up until 2am putting together the favours and decorating the wedding venue…I was surprisingly very calm! Before I knew it, I was waking up…
This month is Boost Your Self Esteem Month! I felt that it was appropriate to bring back our well-being workshops… but this time I have done them a little differently. Instead of doing Instagram lives or zoom meetings, I have created three well-being workshop booklets for you to use. You can read them online or…
This years theme: ‘My voice matters!’This year, we want to focus on empowering children and young people by providing them with the tools that they need in order to express themselves in a healthy manner. We want them to feel comfortable talking about their thoughts, feelings and experiences as well as voicing what they want…
As the policeman pulled back the sheet, she knew immediately who was to blame. She stared at the pale, battered and bruised body of Maisie Porter, laid out on the table in front of her. 17-year-old Maisie, who only 6 days ago was full of life, laughter and love. How could he have done this…