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š¦ Mental health
experiences
What are these?
Charlie B
18 July 2021
Hey, so you're free tonight. Waking day and mental health issues...
š° Lockdown, rules, and social distancing
š® Hopes + fears
š¦ Mental health
š· Covid-19
Dorothy T
24 November 2020
Hello, my name is Maria and my mental health was never really great to begin with for many different reasons. But since living in the pandemic without the lock downs and many restrictions, it's definitely deteriorated...
š· Covid-19
š¦ Mental health
š® Hopes + fears
Connie G
05 November 2020
Hi, I think the lockdown will affect my family aside from the monotony of the days being the same. There's going to be a rise in heating costs because we'll be at home mom...
š¦ Mental health
š° Lockdown, rules, and social distancing
David P
29 September 2020
Right. My experience with masks is I don't particularly like them but it's a means at the moment...
š° Lockdown, rules, and social distancing
š¦ Mental health
Children's wellbeing
š« School
Lexie G
28 July 2021
COVID realities has meant the world to me during what has been an incredibly difficult year. COVID realities has helped my mental health in an insurmountable way and at times literally kept me sane, it has given me a place to express my worries and woes but it has also given me a place to share my little victories and has given me a purpose, I have become part of something for the better I have become a voice in the fight for justice, fairness and food equality...
š¦ Politics & stigma
š„ Covid Realities
ā Support
š¦ Mental health
Teddy W
27 July 2021
I joined Universal Credit in August 2020 so even though I'm aware the £20 extra is in there to me this is my normal support. I worry about the future when I'm looking to another long hard cold winter with £20 a week less to live on...
š¦ Mental health
šø Money + debt
š³ Benefits
š³ Getting by
Erik J
17 July 2021
It's the first weekend of my daughter's summer holiday, I am already wondering how I am going to be able to feed her properly and keep her entertained until she returns to school in September...
Children's wellbeing
š¦ Mental health
š« School
Nellie K
17 July 2021
Iām trying not to think about it. Every time I do it sets my anxiety spiralling...
š° Lockdown, rules, and social distancing
š¦ Mental health
Children's wellbeing
š· Covid-19
Alex R
15 July 2021
I desperately want my autistic daughter to be in school. This would allow me to get out and work towards improving my mental health by getting back to psychology appts...
š« School
š¦ Mental health
ā Support
Victoria B
12 July 2021
This is a diary entry in direct response to an email about DWP and reopening of job centres. Unsurprisingly I'm happy to share my opinion...
š³ Benefits
š¦ Politics & stigma
š¦ Mental health
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108
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121
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59
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267
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ā Questions for other parents
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258
š³ Getting by
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āļø Winter
66
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š 2020 - looking back
18
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