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Mental Health Wisdom: Developing Understanding & Empathy Book – Coming in 2019

Monday 21 January 2019 / Antony Simpson / Leave a Comment

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Hello all,

My blog has been a little bit quiet this month. It’s because I’m working on this book:

It’s due for release in October 2019. I will share more on the book’s website: Mental Health Wisdom Book.com.

Blog soon,

Antony

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#MentalHealthMonday – A list of Famous People who have experienced Mental Illness

Monday 23 January 2017 / Antony Simpson / Leave a Comment

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Below are a list of famous people who have experienced mental health illness (in alphabetical order and by condition):

Anxiety and depression often coexist. Bipolar is characterised by episodes of mania which can include anxiety and episodes of depression. So although many of these people could fit under more than one mental illness, I have placed them in the condition that I feel bet fits.

Anxiety

Charles Darwin, Naturalist & Geologist [Deceased] According to Amanda Green Image From & Copyright © Wikipedia.	Heath Ledger, Actor [Deceased] According to Amanda Green Image From & Copyright © HeathUltimate on Tumblr.	Matt Haig, Author According to his own book Reasons to Stay Alive Image From & Copyright © Matt Haig
Vincent van Gogh, Painter [Deceased] According to Brain Pickings Image From & Copyright © Wikipedia.

Bipolar

Ben Stiller, Comedian & Actor According to Amanda Green Image From & Copyright © Vulture.	Britney Spears, Singer According to Amanda Green Image From & Copyright © Celebmafia.	Carrie Fisher, Advocate & Actress [Deceased] According to Hannah Parkinson at The Guardian Image From & Copyright © The Wall Street Journal.
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Actress According to Express Image From & Copyright © Wikipedia.	Isaac Newton, Mathematician & Physicist [Deceased] According to Famous Bipolar People Image From & Copyright © Wikipedia.	Russell Brand, Comedian According to Wikipedia Image From & Copyright © Letters Live.

Depression

Abraham Lincoln, Politician & Former President of the USA [Deceased] According to Amanda Green Image From & Copyright © bio.	Alanis Morissette, Singer According to Amanda Green Image From & Copyright © Alanis Morissette on Twitter.	Anne Rice, Author According to Your Dictionary Image From & Copyright © The Daily Beast.
Charles Dickens, Writer [Deceased] According to Amanda Green Image From & Copyright © bio.	Denise Welch, Actor & Presenter According to Denise Welch in the Mirror Image From & Copyright © Daily Star Sunday.	Dolly Parton, Singer According to Dolly Parton in the Mirror Image From & Copyright © Syedammaralavi1 on Pinterest.
Drew Barrymore, Actress According to Caroline Bologna on The Huffington Post Image From & Copyright © Drew Barrymore on Twitter.	Emma Thompson, Writer & Actress According to Roya Nikkhah at The Telegraph Image From & Copyright © Hamilton Hodell Talent Management.	George Michael, Singer [Deceased] According to People Music Image From & Copyright © Lynn Allaway on The Huffington Post.
Harrison Ford, Actor & Film Producer According to living in stigma Image From & Copyright © QUEERTY.	J.K Rowling, Author According to The Mighty Image From & Copyright © MTV.	Jim Carrey, Comedian & Actor According to Mental Health Daily Blog Image From & Copyright © AngelicView.
Kylie Minogue, Singer According to Amanda Green Image From & Copyright © Mirror.	Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, Princess [Deceased] According to depression-guide.com Image From & Copyright © Dr. Rebecca Hains.	Robbie Williams, Singer According to The Independent Image From & Copyright © Robbie Williams Store.
Robin Williams, Comedian & Actor [Deceased] According to The Independent Image From & Copyright © DAVID LANZILAO/REDUX on Daily Beast.	Ruby Wax, Comedian, Actress & Writer According to herself in her autobiography How Do You Want Me? and in her two books about mental health: Sane New World & Frazzled Image From & Copyright © MindBodySpirit.co.uk.	Stephen Fry, Presenter & Writer According to Stephen Fry himself on his blog Image From & Copyright © Stephen Fry.
Stephen King, Author According to Stephen King himself in an interview with The Guardian Image From & Copyright © eddymarchini on Pinterest.	Trisha Goddard, Presenter According to Amanda Green Image From & Copyright © Alchetron.	Winston Churchill, Politician and Former Prime Minister of the UK [Deceased] According to Paul Foley at the Black Dog Institute. Winston Churchill famously called his depression the black dog. Image From & Copyright © ITV News.

I know there’s loads of famous people who have experience of mental illness who are not on these lists. If you feel compelled to tell me whom I’ve missed off, please leave a comment below.

The point of this blog post is to show someone experiencing mental illness that they are not alone. That they are among the great and the good.

Last year I wrote a series of blog posts with a Mental Health Focus. You can read them here: 5 Brilliant TED Talks About Mental Health, I’ve Been One of the 1 in 4, A List of Common Conditions and Treatment & Recovery.

Write soon,

Antony

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#MentalHealthMonday – General Statistics for Mental Health in the UK

Monday 16 January 2017 / Antony Simpson / Leave a Comment

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Here are some general statistics for mental health in the UK:

References
Time to Change (2016) Myths/facts, Last accessed: 4th December 2016.
Mental Health Foundation (2015) Fundamental Facts About Mental Health 2015, Last accessed: 4th December 2016.
Mind (2016) Mental health facts and statistics – Key facts and statistics on mental health problems and issues, Last accessed: 4th December 2016.
Mental Health Network NHS Confederation (2016) Factsheet March 2016 Key facts and trends in mental health 2016 update, Last accessed: 4th December 2016.

Write soon,

Antony

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Count Your Successes (no matter how small)

Saturday 5 November 2016 / Antony Simpson / Leave a Comment

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We should all count our successes (no matter how small) and occasionally take time to reflect and contemplate them. So here’s a list of my recent successes:

Watched I Love You Phillip Morris, a film about a gay serial con man and prison escapee who finds love in prison. Based on a true story, staring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor.
Installed a printer/scanner/copier on an painfully slow computer running Windows Vista.
Found some single-piece deep silver jar lids for some mason jars. The jars will make up part of some Christmas presents, as well as be used for my next batch of candles (more information in the new year).
Gift tagged my homemade candles, ready for Christmas.
Caught up and reconnected with my family. We gathered, ate (a chicken dinner and wine), talked and laughed lots.
Finally caught up with my friend Sye. We all have that one friend that never fails to inspire us. For me, that’s Sye. I talked through a major problem with my idea for my next batch of candles and he solved it like that (*snaps fingers*).
Celebrated Samhain in style with my friends Simon & Chrys. Great food, drink, fire, music and company.
Come off Facebook for the beginning of the week. I made the decision to come off after seeing two major spoilers about The Walking Dead on my news feed. I’ve been amazed how much time I’ve saved by coming off Facebook and realised how much time I used to spend ‘checking’ Facebook.
Come up with titles for a series of blog posts with a Mental Health Focus. I’m thinking of releasing one a week (once they’re all written) on a Monday and calling it #MentalHealthMonday.
Shared my post 15 Lies That Depression Would Have You Believe on a number of Facebook pages. This has increased visitor traffic, but not only that, someone commented stating: ‘Thanks for posting that today, I really needed to read/hear that today, really made a lot of sense and was comforting to read (if that makes sense).’ It’s always wonderful when you write something that resonates with someone and helps them.
Watched series 1 and 2 of Zoo.
Started and finished reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.

Here’s a random upbeat cover of The Edge of Glory by Walk off the Earth & Roomie, which makes me feel good:

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Keep counting those successes,

Antony

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