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Outside voices

Guest perspectives on mental health

Writing sent to us by people outside the editorial team. It is published under the contributor’s own name and marked as such, because it has not been through the review this site applies to its own guides.

Not clinically reviewed

These pieces are individual accounts and opinions. They are not medical advice, they are not diagnosis, and they have not received the source check, harm review, or clinician sign-off described in our editorial policy. Treat them as one person’s experience.

For guidance that has been source-checked by the editorial team, use the advice library. If you are worried about your safety right now, go straight to support resources — do not read your way through this page first.

1 contributed piece

Each one names its contributor and the date it was published here.

Where the reviewed material lives

Start with the library, not with an essay.

Practical, source-checked guidance sits in the advice library, organised by what is affecting daily life now.

To organise what you have noticed without assigning a label, use a private self-reflection; nothing you type there leaves your browser.

Crisis lines, jurisdiction limits, and how to reach urgent help are collected in support resources.