Story category: Experiences

Interview: Aaron from the Delays – on anxiety, depression, talking and bouncing back

Interview: Aaron from the Delays – on anxiety, depression, talking and bouncing back

I had a panic attack about half an hour ago. It came from nowhere and struck like lightning. You wouldn’t know this unless I’d just said so.

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It’s time to put an end to the British stiff upper lip

It’s time to put an end to the British stiff upper lip

No more “There isn’t anything you could have said or done”. No more negativity. No more numbers on paper. One woman’s story to influence change…

2 Comments | 506 views

Creating something positive out of a negative experience

Creating something positive out of a negative experience

One man looked around and realised there was very little to help someone like him. So he opened his own centre…

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A bloke called Ryan talking total Bollocks…

A bloke called Ryan talking total Bollocks…

Recently CALM went to the first ever National Conference for Men & Boys. There we met a bloke called Ryan – this is his story: “The first time I noticed something was wrong was after I watched Channel 4′s Embarrassing Bodies [...]

2 Comments | 1,263 views

My way of saying thank you to CALM

My way of saying thank you to CALM

We got a Tweet from a guy called Kieran, saying he was going to do a SkyDive for us. “Er okay” we said.

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That funeral changed everything…

That funeral changed everything…

Supporter Paul Pellow explains why he’s running and raising some cash for CALM: I first became aware of CALM when I was about 18 and I worked on the bar for a launch party they held in Liverpool; the t-shirt [...]

1 Comment | 1,034 views

Call of Duty? Bollocks. Give me my Super Mario

Call of Duty? Bollocks. Give me my Super Mario

Old-school gamer Andy Naylor tells the kids a thing or two about the days when games were games.

11 Comments | 1,834 views

Does this look like a man who would take his own life?

Does this look like a man who would take his own life?

Last year Oli’s brother, Jake, took his own life. Oli wishes he had known enough to do more. Now he is trying to make sure young male suicide is no longer a hidden tragedy.

13 Comments | 9,143 views

No sleep till psychosis

No sleep till psychosis

Sometimes the party just goes on too long.

1 Comment | 1,797 views

Ever heard the one about the man and his Syphilis test?

Ever heard the one about the man and his Syphilis test?

Two doctors, one misdiagnosis and a story at least now he can laugh about. This is the tale of one man’s syphilis scare.

1 Comment | 1,803 views