No Place To Hide

My teachers were a big part of helping when everything hit me! It’s super important they educate themselves in how to react etc. I know that it was an important deal for me! And especially as school and exams and A Levels etc. are so stressful these days, it’s certainly what i feel was the catalyst for my anxiety to finally make itself known in full force (it had always been sitting around but..) and i witnessed a few of my friends go through similar things!! Fab post Matt! Go check out his blog if you haven’t already!!!

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Not here. Not over there. Not anywhere.

Ian Gilbert’s conference for teachers about mental health was an inspirational and empowering event, encompassed by first hand accounts from a teacher & students themselves. People who had suffered at the hands of mental health issues.

One of those speakers would take particular interest in the term “mental” due to the negative connotations it brings. Indeed, Nina Jackson has seen first hand what difficulties students face when suffering from a mental health issue. Her experience in Bridgend as a teacher is harrowing yet powerful. A detailed description of events which occurred in the small mining village in Wales left the room in stunned silence. It nearly moved people to tears, but it truly hit home what an impact hiding away can have on a person. It came at a terrible terrible price for those who suffered in silence from the stigma, but some…

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