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Blogs

Read our blogs

Below you can find a series of blogs and short interviews with people talking about their personal experiences with mental health.

Sharing a story about your unique journey with mental health is a great way to encourage others to talk about it as well. We hope this series can help people realise that mental health problems are more common than they think. When more people share their own stories of distress and struggle, and hope and recovery, others can better understand the challenges faced by people with lived experience of mental ill health.

If you would like to share your story, please get in touch via info@mentalhealtheurope.org. Help us spread the word and say NO to stigma and discrimination. Your story counts.

We do not pay for blog posts or accept content that has already been published on other websites.

Charli Clement (she/they)
12 August 2022

Being hospitalised hindered my recovery: my thoughts on how the mental health system should change

How does hospitalisation impact young people's mental health? Activist and writer Charli Clement shares her experience and recovery journey.
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8 June 2022

In Memoriam Gabor Gombos (1961 – 2022)

Gabor Gombos – a leading expert and activist on the rights of person with disabilities – passed away on Monday 6 June 2022 in Budapest, Hungary
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13 May 2021

Mika Zaikova: Stop, think and take a deep breath

In the run-up to the European Mental Health Week, Mika Zaikova, an economic analyst and a Bulgarian MP talks about things that help her deal with daily challenges of...
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9 May 2021

Ivo Dimchev: Emotions are closely related to all the things we have suppressed in the subconscious

Ivo Dimchev, a choreographer and a visual artist from Bulgaria, shares how recognising emotions helps him navigate through life
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8 May 2021

Mila Bobadova: I want to be responsible, that’s why I see a therapist

Read our interview with Dr Bobadova, one of the 100 most influential women in Bulgaria, about the need for an open conversation on mental health.
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5 May 2021

Crisis and creativity: how I found my true calling during the pandemic

In the run-up to the European Mental Health Week, writer and artist Sophia Klose shares how the pandemic led her to a career change towards mental health.
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3 May 2021

Listen to those with mental ill-health; end coercion in mental healthcare

Read about Belle de Jong's experiences at Mount Carmel Hospital and why we need to end coercion in mental healthcare.
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27 January 2021

Turning a lens on the challenges of mental health

In this interview Aoife Casey shares her mental health journey and how she uses art as a recovery tool.
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24 November 2020

What a relief to take off the mask and share your mental health problem

In this interview Mateusz Biernat shares his experiences of mental ill health and his journey of recovery.
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