York and District Mind

Caring and campaigning together for better mental health

Mind's 'I'

Mind's I is a space for your prose, poetry, images, opinions and personal accounts on mental health issues and experiences.

We have included some extracts from published works, and  previously unpublished pieces by Dan, and David.

We hope this page will grow as more visitors to this site send in their work. If you would like to contribute please e-mail your contribution to us here, either as a plain text email, or as a file attachment.

Disclaimer – please note: this page is intended to give personal accounts of experiences relating to mental health. The views expressed are not necessarily those of York and District Mind.

Bob P - my experience with Depression

Depression - Bob P

Dan - my experience of OCD

My experience of OCD - Dan

David - Thatcher ate my brain

Thatcher Ate My Brain - David

Kay Redfield Jamison - extract from An Unquiet Mind

Kay Redfield Jamison on manic depression
William Styron: extract from Darkness Visible William Styron on depression

Poles Apart - A short account of Bipolar Depression

Poles Apart - A short account of Bipolar Depression

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