Articles on Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
The difficulty of attending a festival when you have inflammatory bowel disease
12 fears every person who suffers with inflammatory bowel disease frequently has
7 things people with inflammatory bowel disease need to hear from time to time
Here’s what it’s like to live with inflammatory bowel disease
9 things you may not know about Inflammatory bowel disease – but you definitely should
9 things you should say to someone with Inflammatory bowel disease
11 things you’ll only understand if you’re a woman who lives with inflammatory bowel disease
11 things you should know before dating someone with Inflammatory bowel disease
9 stages everyone with Inflammatory bowel disease has experienced
Charity Tuesday: How this social media campaign is raising money for Crohn’s and Colitis UK
12 things you’ll only know if you have ulcerative colitis
With ulcerative colitis, here’s what it’s like to see your bare stomach for the first time in a year
6 feelings you’ll only understand if you’ve been mistreated by your doctor
For the past five years, my life has revolved around the toilet
Articles on invisible and chronic illness
My invisible illness nearly killed me, yet people still don’t believe me when I say I’m sick
How my doctors made me doubt my invisible illness
How my invisible illness left me housebound and put my entire life on hold
9 things people who live with an invisible illness want you to know
8 things you’ll only understand if you have an invisible illness
The importance of having a partner who understands your invisible illness
Why it’s so important to speak freely about your invisible illness
Why are people with an invisible illnesses so scared to ask for a seat on public transport?
What it’s really like to live with an invisible illness
Having an invisible illness doesn’t mean I should give up on my appearance to be believed
Why having a friend who shares the same chronic illness as you can be amazing
Please stop telling people how to cure a chronic illness you don’t understand
Making online friends has helped me come to terms with my chronic illness
As someone who’s chronically ill, here’s why I can’t stand calling in sick
Articles on mental health
Why taking medication for mental health doesn’t make you weak or inferior
Why it was irresponsible to show Hannah Baker’s suicide on 13 Reasons Why
7 things you need to stop saying to people who take mental health medication
How being under the care of the Crisis team helped my mental health
What it’s really like to see a psychiatrist for your mental health
Why we desperately need to stop apologising for our mental health issues
8 things you’ll only understand if you take medication for your mental health
9 things you can do to help your mental health
Why we need to stop using mental health conditions to describe our moods
Why you shouldn’t give up on finding a mental health medication that works for you
What it’s like to live with compulsive skin picking disorder
Living with mania is one of the toughest parts of having bipolar disorder
If you’ve been sharing this bipolar meme to describe your ‘predictable self’, you need to stop
Bipolar disorder: What it’s like to be both ‘up’ and ‘down’ at the same time
How manic bipolar episodes have caused my impulsive hair changes
8 things I wish I’d known before being diagnosed with bipolar disorder
World Bipolar Day: Why I will never hide my bipolar diagnosis from anyone
People seriously need to stop saying ‘I’m so OCD!’
What it’s really like to suffer with extreme OCD
12 things you shouldn’t say to someone with OCD
An open letter to Michelle Mone, who diagnosed herself with OCD
How I realised my mental health was being affected by the change in the season
What happened when I called Samaritans for my mental health
I spent a day documenting my OCD rituals
I didn’t realise how serious anxiety is until I experienced it myself
I spent a week documenting my OCD on camera
How much time OCD rituals take out of my day-to-day life
What it’s like to have health anxiety when you have a existing medical condition
What I learned from my first CBT session for health anxiety
What it’s like to live with debilitating health anxiety
Can we please stop telling people they’re hypochondriacs?
I tried out a floatation tank to help my anxiety
We Asked Guys Metro.co.uk series
A weekly series discussing men’s mental health, body image and love lives.
Seven men open up about what it’s like to live with depression
20 men reveal the one thing they wish others knew about men’s mental health
13 men share what it’s like to live with intrusive thoughts
25 men open up about what it’s like to live with suicidal thoughts
10 men open up about the first time they had a break down due to mental illness
8 men share what it was like to fall in love for the first time
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