Opinion: Neurodiversity Doesn’t Make Me Miserable – Society Does
by Charlie Hertzog Young
I’ve often blamed myself for my poor mental health, writes Charlie Hertzog Young. The concept of neurodiversity showed me it’s society that’s at fault.
Tag: anxiety
Opinion: On Losing Perspective, Or, Why I Don’t Give a Fuck About Geronimo the Alpaca and nor Should You
by Rachel Connolly
From blaming everything on capitalism to calling everyone "toxic", it's time we collectively got a grip, argues Rachel Connolly.
ACFM: #ACFM Trip 5: Consciousness Raising
Nadia Idle, Keir Milburn and Jeremy Gilbert discuss the history and future of the tradition of consciousness raising.
Tory Promises to Improve Mental Healthcare Ignore the Reality of Living With Mental Illness
by Erika Mastrorosa
Here's why simplistic rhetoric and a small investment are not going to fix a broken system, which is letting people down.
Whether It’s ‘Rational’ or Not, Anxiety Has Its Own Logic
by Ellen Judson
This personal account explores one source of difficulty faced by many people with anxiety: the social expectation of what constitutes 'reasonable' fears and worries.
Mental Health Under Neoliberalism – 5 Ways Work Drives Us Crazy
by Eleanor Penny
Mental Health Week on NovaraWire: "Working nine to five... It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it," sang Dolly Parton in 1980. Work is a common cause of stress, but with work seeming increasingly ubiquitous and demanding could it now be that work is stress?
You Don’t Have To Be Mad to Work Here, But It Helps
by Eleanor Penny
From Fordist drudgery to the personal chaos of precarity, work seems to both produce and feed off our madness. With depression, anxiety and suicide on the rise in the global north, it's time to look at the madness of work itself.