You can't stop the first dagger
Posted on 10th October 2018 at 09:40
by one of our young students
There is much more understanding and greater publicity than ever before of the real human cost behind the mental health issues that so many of us deal with everyday.
Our young student's powerful blog of her mindfulness classes last year, gives us another dimension to the power of friendship, the need for perseverence and her courage.
Thoughts from a Sceptic
When my best friend asked me if I wanted to go on a mindfulness course, I was immediately doubtful.
I'm the type of person who can't ever mentally switch off. Add to that a lot of external factors - an intense relationship breakdown, debt, stresses at work, an upcoming house move and a masters dissertation and you're left with extreme insomnia and severe depression. I was at a point in my life where I did not want to live my life, my thoughts were a constant stream of self criticism and on several occasions I tried to end this.
