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One of the many reasons we love what we do
When we set up Man Stress collectively, we knew there was a need for a platform where people, particularly men, could talk openly about depression, anxiety, stress and suicide. As a tribe of three, we've [...]
How to stress a Cockapoo
Now before you run off to the nearest RSPCA centre and start crying foul, let me say categorically “I HAVE NO INTENTION OF STRESSING [...]
Mariners don’t do Yoga…
I am an Officer in the Merchant Navy…. to be more precise…I am a Chief Engineer on board of modern cruise ships. My story [...]
Take off the mask and ask for help
Many men wear a mask. Not physically, like a superhero, but a metaphorical one that disguises who are you and what you feel. I [...]
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Quarter-Life Crisis
It was supposed to be easy. “You can do whatever you’d like.” “The future is very bright.” As a kid, I was used to hearing this sort of thing all the time. I was fortunate [...]
Until 3 years ago I poo hooed the word STRESS
That word stress.. For 25 years as an employee and another 25 years as an employer I have up until 3 years ago poo hooed people using firstly "I've got a bad back" or in [...]
Escape the stress in sunny Skegness
I had spent most of my working life in sales which I can honestly say was something I did not enjoy and found very stressful. I tried a few other things such as running my [...]
Hypnotherapy – a real stress buster … the truth by Jan Haley Brightwood
We're familiar with many causes of stress 'out there' but sometimes the most disturbing ones are 'in here', where we can't understand why we get triggered in certain types of situations, no matter how strongly [...]
Depression. Did It Break or Make Me?
I can’t really give an exact date as to when I started noticing that I was suffering from depression, anxiety and ADHD but I can tell you that the years leading up to when I [...]
How I ended up in The Priory and found hope.
There was a man called Mr B, who came from a big family of 12; a hard working strict family where both parents were very hard working and tough people. Mr B was second but [...]
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POST OF THE MONTH
From engineering to a Debenhams doorway, Colin’s story
Colin has been featured in the EDP for his story and we are delighted to have been given permission to share the link from Helen Baldry from St Martins Housing. READ MORE.
Regardless of the outcome, shit often sticks
As far as I understand it the medicine that Bradley Wiggins was prescribed to help address his asthma, and WAS perfectly legal. In a world where, due to drug abuse, some of the most rigid [...]
Are you guilty of plane crash thinking?
Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed into the Hudson River in New York in January 2009 (later made into the film Sully – starring Tom Hanks). So what [...]
Quarter-Life Crisis
It was supposed to be easy. “You can do whatever you’d like.” “The future is very bright.” As a kid, I was used to hearing this sort of thing all the time. I was fortunate enough to excel at school, I was top of just about every class since the age of about 7, and never really had hardship in terms of choices and big decisions. My parents were supportive, and I always had at least a few friends - sounds pretty perfect. However, from a young age I struggled with my mental health; I [...]
MUST READ
From engineering to a Debenhams doorway, Colin’s story
Colin has been featured in the EDP for his story and we are delighted to have been given permission to share the link from Helen Baldry from St Martins Housing. READ MORE.
Regardless of the outcome, shit often sticks
As far as I understand it the medicine that Bradley Wiggins was prescribed to help address his asthma, and WAS perfectly legal. In a world where, due to drug abuse, some of the most rigid [...]
Are you guilty of plane crash thinking?
Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed into the Hudson River in New York in January 2009 (later made into the film Sully – starring Tom Hanks). So what [...]
POST OF THE MONTH
Quarter-Life Crisis
It was supposed to be easy. “You can do whatever you’d like.” “The future is very bright.” As a kid, I was used to hearing this sort of thing all the time. I was fortunate enough to excel at school, I was top of just about every class since the age of about 7, and never really had hardship in terms of choices and big decisions. My parents were supportive, and I always had at least a few friends - sounds pretty perfect. However, from a young age I struggled with my mental health; I [...]