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OneMoreLightLB: Guest Post: Transitioning Through Recovery; I Was Never Broken But I Was Always Strong

A man talks about his life with unidentified gender dysphoria and how it impacted his mental health, and how transitioning changed his persp

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OneMoreLightLB: Guest Post: My Sexuality Shaped My Experience with Mental Illness, and I'm Proud of Who I Am

A woman talks about how attitudes to the LGBTQIA community and her own sexuality impacted her ability to talk about mental health.

A guest post as part of my Intersectional Advocacy series about living with mental illness as a gay woman.

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OneMoreLightLB: [Spoilers] Avengers Endgame is the Superhero Film We Deserve and the Conclusion We Need Right Now

Avengers: Endgame is the most anticipated superhero movie of a generation, if not lifetime. Was it worth the wait? Find out why Endgame is m

Avengers Endgame was phenomenal. Here is why I loved it (SPOILERS).

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is he…..becoming gayer??????

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My Favourite Vegan Finds: The "Must Have" Items on my Shopping List

So all of my lovely followers on the socials will know that I'm a newbie vegetarian in the process of trying to go entirely plant based

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Giving up on "Perfect": I'll Never Be Good Enough, and That's Okay

I'm a pedant, a perfectionist, and I'm constantly at the mercy of my too-high expectations. There's a voice in my head that tells me

I've spent my life torturing myself in pursuit of "good enough" when "good enough" doesn't exist. 

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Mental Health and Travel: It's Okay Not to be Insta Perfect All the Time

I'm a sucker for a good from-the-plane photo [flying into Geneva]. With traveling taking off in popularity (pun intended) thanks to t

If you have ever struggled on holiday and felt ashamed that you weren't having the perfect trip you see #hashtagged all over social media, I want you to know that you are not alone, and you are not abnormal. 

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The Night My Life Didn't End

Trigger warning: this post discusses self harm and suicide and although care has been taken to be as sensitive as possible, you may find

"My message to you if you are struggling too right now, is that there is life out there for you. There is life that you can't even imagine right now, and not being able to believe it or see it doesn't make it less real. You have a future, like I had a future, like we have a future."

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As Someone with Mental Illness, Chester Bennington is Still Saving Me.

This piece was a featured article on The Mighty. *** I know people don’t get it. I see the side eyed looks, and I see the patroni

"The loss of Chester devastated a community, but it also brought out the best in us. I have seen so much goodness in the past year. Strangers who feel like family, bonded in the same strange grief that nobody understands, lifting each other in the darkness. That is Chester’s legacy. That is my new source of hope. "

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Borderline, Recovery, and Finding Middle Ground.

In my first blog post, An Apology to Those Caught in the Wake of My Mental Health , I talked about how in the past, I haven't always ac

I realised that in the past, I've been responsible for some toxic behaviour even though I thought at the time it was justified. I'm forgiving myself and letting go, but also acknowledging it, and how mental health played a part.

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Changing Perceptions on World Mental Health Day

Mild TWs: Eating Disorders, Self Harm, Suicide. This is the very first World Mental Health Day on which I have been openly writing abo

Have you seen my post for World Mental Health Day yet? The day might be over but the conversation must keep going!

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My most recent visit abroad to #Vienna - the natural history museum 💖

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What #MakeChesterProud Means to Me

I will be honest, I have avoided all things Linkin Park for months unless I was in total control of it. I’ve cried when Linkin Park songs came on in clubs, I’ve shut facebook when a news story about Chester appeared, because it was too much to deal with. I have just today watched the memorial gig on Youtube, after Mike released Post Traumatic the other day. When Chester died, it felt like hope had died with him. It has taken me a while, but I finally see how wrong that is.

Chester was always open about his mental health, and his struggles, but he still managed to be someone who prioritised peoples’ joy and wellbeing. When I met him in 2014 in London for The Hunting Party album launch, he was running late for an interview at BBC Radio One (I think?). People were trying to usher him out of the building as soon as he had finished the Q&A session, but he made time to take pictures with everyone, give out autographs and then go around the room talking to each of us personally. He wanted to talk to us, not at us, about the album; not out of some sense of ego, where he wanted to hear our compliments, but because he genuinely, earnestly wanted to see if we enjoyed it and to share that with us. That was Chester Bennington.

A man so humble I remember reading an interview where he was confused at the idea he shouldn’t wait in line at Starbucks. A man who knew the power of spreading joy to others even during times a dark cloud hung over him. A man who turned his fame into a driving force for good through charity and positivity, when he could have done nothing. A man who never took his fans for granted and wanted each person to feel acknowledged. A man that wanted us to be able to talk freely and openly about mental health.

When we think of making Chester proud, it is these ideals that we need to uphold – you don’t need to donate money or volunteer time to continue his legacy. Every time you ask a friend how they are and listen, you are making Chester proud. When you let yourself feel happy after a long struggle, or forgive yourself for making mistakes you are making Chester proud. When you give yourself a break because you feel it all starting to get too much, when you take time for self care, you are making Chester proud. When you are kind to others and kind to yourself you are making Chester proud. When you reach out to a friend for help or see a doctor, you are making Chester proud. One small action at a time, we can change the way we look at mental health, and how we all treat ourselves and others. To me, #MakeChesterProud is about hope in the midst of great darkness.

“The one thing can’t be defeated is love.”

There is no community out there like Linkin Park fans. We CAN change things.

To Chester, forever our inspiration.

You can find my blog post here: https://onemorelightlb.blogspot.com/2018/05/what-makechesterproud-means-to-me.html

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WHAT #MAKECHESTERPROUD MEANS TO ME

I will be honest, I have avoided all things Linkin Park for months unless I was in total control of it. I’ve cried when Linkin Park songs came on in clubs, I’ve shut facebook when a news story about Chester appeared, because it was too much to deal with. I have just today watched the memorial gig on Youtube, after Mike released Post Traumatic the other day. When Chester died, it felt like hope had died with him. It has taken me a while, but I finally see how wrong that is. Chester was always open about his mental health, and his struggles, but he still managed to be someone who prioritised peoples’ joy and wellbeing. When I met him in 2014 in London for The Hunting Party album launch, he was running late for an interview at BBC Radio One (I think?). People were trying to usher him out of the building as soon as he had finished the Q&A session, but he made time to take pictures with everyone, give out autographs and then go around the room talking to each of us personally. He wanted to talk to us, not at us, about the album; not out of some sense of ego, where he wanted to hear our compliments, but because he genuinely, earnestly wanted to see if we enjoyed it and to share that with us. That was Chester Bennington. A man so humble I remember reading an interview where he was confused at the idea he shouldn’t wait in line at Starbucks. A man who knew the power of spreading joy to others even during times a dark cloud hung over him. A man who turned his fame into a driving force for good through charity and positivity, when he could have done nothing. A man who never took his fans for granted and wanted each person to feel acknowledged. A man that wanted us to be able to talk freely and openly about mental health. When we think of making Chester proud, it is these ideals that we need to uphold – you don’t need to donate money or volunteer time to continue his legacy. Every time you ask a friend how they are and listen, you are making Chester proud. When you let yourself feel happy after a long struggle, or forgive yourself for making mistakes you are making Chester proud. When you give yourself a break because you feel it all starting to get too much, when you take time for self care, you are making Chester proud. When you are kind to others and kind to yourself you are making Chester proud. When you reach out to a friend for help or see a doctor, you are making Chester proud. One small action at a time, we can change the way we look at mental health, and how we all treat ourselves and others. To me, #MakeChesterProud is about hope in the midst of great darkness. “The one thing can’t be defeated is love.” There is no community out there like Linkin Park fans. We CAN change things. To Chester, forever our inspiration.

Linkin Park Association 

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This is my original piece.