Culture
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I was punched on the school bus. Being violently bullied changed me – and affected one of the biggest decisions of my life
The bullying began shortly after my fifth birthday. My family had moved…
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‘I thought I was the saviour of the planet’: how Game of Thrones’ Hannah Murray found a wellness cult – and lost her mind
At least once a week, Hannah Murray has this one overpowering thought:…
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‘They tell me I am being sectioned. I am not concerned’: Game of Thrones’ Hannah Murray on being sent to a psychiatric hospital
The door to the room opens. A man enters the room. He…
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‘A lot happened in my 50s’ – Daniela Nardini played Anna in This Life. Now she’s a therapist
Almost 30 years ago, not long after the final episode of This…
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Illness narratives are broken – and they’re failing women like me | Emma Hardy
There was a moment, deep in the throes of my illness, when…
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Culture, Health, Life and style, Mental health, obsessive compulsive disorder, Society, Stage, TheatreTuppence Middleton: ‘My guiltiest pleasure? Watching Naked Attraction when my partner is out’
Born in Bristol, Tuppence Middleton, 39, trained at ArtsEd in London before appearing…
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attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Autism, Body image, Books, Culture, eating disorders, family, Health, Health & wellbeing, Immigration and asylum, Life and style, Mental health, neurodiversity, Social exclusion, Society‘I was mortally offended’: writers on the throwaway comments that changed their lives
‘You’re special needs’: Matt Haig When I was 14, I had to…
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‘One of the most profound encounters of my life’: could existential therapist Emmy van Deurzen change the way you think?
The existential therapist Emmy van Deurzen moved to the UK inspired by…
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Books, Childbirth, Culture, Fresh Meat, Health, Health & wellbeing, Life and style, Mental health, obsessive compulsive disorder, Postnatal depression, Society, Television, Television & radio, TV comedy‘This is so taboo’: Kimberley Nixon on the hell of perinatal OCD – and how she survived it
Kimberley Nixon’s memoir, She Seems Fine to Me, is out on 7…
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alcoholism, Bristol, Croatia, Culture, Drama films, Drugs, Europe, Film, Mental health, Society, UK newsSurviving Earth review – bruising portrait of addiction and redemption
The addiction-recovery mantra of taking it one day at a time is…
