Category: Milestones Posts

  • How have we (and the world) changed in the last decade!

    Happy New Year! And happy new decade! We have officially entered the 2020s. The 2010s came with its highlights, dramas and effects. The world seemed to move a thousand years faster in just 10 years. How did all this affect us, our lives, our mental health, positively or negatively?

  • Don’t be sad this Christmas!

    Don’t be sad this Christmas!

    Christmas can be a time of joy and merriment for some. For others, it can be a painful time. It can be a time when many remember loved ones that are no longer around. It can be a lonely time for others too. How about the homeless? Those who are sick? Those in hospital.

  • Top Blog Posts and Pages of 2016 – See what trended!

    Thank you to all our visitors, guest bloggers and subscribers.  You guys encouraged us so much in what we were doing!! We have over 400 quality blog posts on this site, many have come from guest bloggers.  We endeavor to bring you the hopeful side of dealing with the challenge of mental illness in defying…

  • A Christmas Message

    Hi everyone and in particular all our subscribers and followers!! Perhaps you have woken up on Christmas morning.  Everyone is saying Merry Christmas  and you are wondering what is it to be merry about.   Maybe today is a difficult day as you are feeling lonely, or you are missing a loved one who has…

  • The Best Mental Health Blog Posts of 2015

    2015 has been an interesting year.  We have been inspired by our subscribers, followers, mental health professionals and our guest bloggers.  We have had a good mix of interesting topics and we would like to say a big THANK YOU to you everyone. Please be sure to read some of the topics from our guest…

  • One Year On At Defying Mental Illness

    It is exactly a year since we posted our first blog on the Defying Mental Illness website.  Chucks took the ground running with his first post on coming off medication setting the warm temperature for inspiration that is found on our blogs.   Chuck had been on medication for as long as he could remember, a total of…