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Motherhood, mental illness and me: Why I’m marking Maternal Mental Health Day and Week

Motherhood, mental illness and me: Why I’m marking Maternal Mental Health Day and Week

by Sophie Mei Lan | May 1, 2019 | Uncategorized

Last week, I found myself on the floor crying with my mental health drugs scattered around me. “I just don”t know what medication I’m taking,” I wailed. It all sounds very over the top for a simple issue as not understanding a prescription. But...
ITV This Morning: I’m the YouTuber “Mum Who Films Her Panic Attacks to her 25,000 subscribers”

ITV This Morning: I’m the YouTuber “Mum Who Films Her Panic Attacks to her 25,000 subscribers”

by Sophie Mei Lan | Nov 23, 2018 | Health, Uncategorized

I was invited on to daytime TV recently, ITV This Morning, to talk about my anxiety and panic attacks, in light of footage of me being released by Channel Mum from my Vlog experiencing an Anxiety Attack. My vlog had been shared online alongside the results of the...
Mental Illness: How to help someone having a Mental Health Crisis

Mental Illness: How to help someone having a Mental Health Crisis

by Sophie Mei Lan | Aug 9, 2018 | Health, Life

I have spent the last few weeks like a zombie, swamped by my mental illness. I have been given lots of drugs to numb my anxiety, dull my psychotic episodes and to keep me as safe as possible whilst I go through this mental health breakdown. The Crisis (home-based...
Is Mental Health Awareness diluting the impact of Mental Illness?

Is Mental Health Awareness diluting the impact of Mental Illness?

by Sophie Mei Lan | Jul 22, 2018 | Health, Uncategorized

We’ve all got mental health but not necessarily a mental illness. There’s a big difference. “I am just so depressed.” “I feel anxious.” Through all the brilliant work on ending the taboo around mental illness, have we now opened the flood gates to...
Mad Mum: Am I safer in a mental health hospital or at home with the kids?

Mad Mum: Am I safer in a mental health hospital or at home with the kids?

by Sophie Mei Lan | Nov 26, 2017 | Health

I’ll never forget the wailing in the room next door to mine. It sounded as if someone was being violently attacked. The girl was screaming and yelling “no, stop.” Well that’s as much as I could make out. But she wasn’t being attacked. She was being fed a protein...
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