WANT to know what people are saying about Breaking the Silence?
We're featured by The Independent speaking up for the point of view that depression doesn't make your life better.
The Guardian's Society Daily also includes our input.
Cision list us as the number four mental health blog in the UK.
NHS Local invited Linda to blog there too, with a very warm welcome.
Ready for Ten included us in a round-up of best resources for parents to find someone to talk to.
Parentdish calls us "a great example of the kind of honest, sharing, supportive effort that blogs do best."
Thanks to the team at Essentials magazine for featuring us in the May 2010 edition:
"The secret we need to start talking about."These women have had first-hand experience and want to share their journey so others can see there's light at the end of what can seem a long, dark tunnel."
Linda and Lyn are both contributors to One in Four magazine.
In autumn 2010, our tips for staying safe online were featured and our take on the internet was included in editor Mark Brown's guide to blogging.
Journalist, author and blogger Jane Alexander writes:
Breaking the Silence is different in that it isn’t written by one person. It doesn’t have gorgeous artwork or stunning pictures (and hellfire I’m a sucker for those). But this is a blog that, in my humble estimation, really needs to be read. It’s about mental illness. But not dull statistics and worthy doctors spouting research. This isn’t about numbers (though those are frightening – one in four people suffer from some form on mental illness), it’s about people. People like you and me telling their stories. They’re doing it in an attempt to stop the stigma that still exists around mental health issues. Do read the blog: follow it, tell people about it. Together we can shift the way society feels about us – yes, a large number of us.
Writer and blogger Keatsbabe says:
...a great blog that provides masses of information for those experiencing mental health issues and seeks to battle the stigma so many people find is attached to being open about our experiences. Run by Lyn and Linda, Breaking the Silence – speaking up about mental health offers the opportunity to share experiences and read knowledgeable and interesting blog posts. ..Why not take a look? As they say on the telly on a regular basis, if you are affected by any of the issues discussed in this blog you will certainly find something to interest you...I know now that speaking out is the only way to ensure the message really gets across – mental health matters
Blogger Rosie Scribble says:
In my experience, a huge stigma stills exists in society surrounding mental health. It is a stigma which affects those experiencing mental health distress today as well as those affected in the past. To help combat this and to act as a resource for those interested in, or affected by, mental health issues, Linda Jones and Lyn Jenkins have set up a fabulous new blog called Breaking the Silence.
Please visit their site and support their work. It is full of interesting articles and helpful resources and its content is growing all the time.
Let's make a difference and break the silence that surrounds mental health.
Journalist and blogger Diane Shipley says:
Thankfully, more people are coming to realise that mental illness can affect anyone. Read more perspectives on mental health at Linda Jones and Lyn Jenkins’ blog, Breaking the Silence, which does great work. [It's important to] emphasise how important an issue it is, to raise awareness of the many ways it affects people’s lives, and to try to reduce stigma.
Suzi Shaw from Dealingwithdepression.co.uk comments:
Brilliant. It takes a lot for people to talk about mental health illness as there is still a terrible stigma about it. Depression is horrible, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.. Talking is the key.
Respect to you hunni.I think you are doing a wonderful thing. Well done!
Josie George at Sleep is for the Weak blogged:
There is no shame in mental illness and the dark sides of depression and anxiety. It affects the best of us and many people whom I hold very dear.
Linda Jones’ Mental Health project blog stands as a shining example of the importance of lifting the stigma of mental illness and providing avenues for people who are struggling to be met with compassion, respect and empathy.
It is important to me.
Journalist Kerry Hiatt says:
A brilliant blog that encourages people to speak up about their mental health and I’d like to do my bit to educate others in the world of mental illness.
Thanks to Sam at Keep Calm & Eat Cake for our Sunshine award.
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