Cestrian Dreams Project


PAGE IS CURRENTLY A WORK IN PROGRESS. MORE LINKS TO ARTICLES COMING SOON!



The Cestrian Dreams Project was originally launched in 2012 by Alwyn Ash as an inspirational website in the fight against mental health stigma. It has now been fully incorporated into this webpage and shares with its readers personal experiences through the eyes of a sufferer. As mental health charity Mind points out, "1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year".

As each article is written from a personal and often sensitive perspective, please be aware that they may be considered "Triggering". Do not read if presently in a vulnerable state. Thank you!




Living With Depression - Not Just The Sufferer
7th July 2012

I guess it is so easy to fall, to embrace the darkness when we are depressed; there is no way out, no solution. No answer. And so we either withdraw further still or hit out. We think only of ourselves. After all, what does anyone else know? They don't have to live with depression. Albeit family, partners or close friends, they simply don't understand...



Depression - From The Heart...
26th Feb 2012

My personal struggle with this mental illness has been hell, I don't mind saying. Even now, it raises its ugly head often, tearing what should have been a perfect day in half. One minute you feel fine, coping brilliantly, then there is a shadow, a spark, and everything changes. It really does. You go from being content to feeling miserable, paranoid, and hurt, inside.