If you’re reading this blog it’s likely because you’re interested in learning about mental health, or relating to someone who is going through the same things as you. I spend a lot of time reading posts from different mental health blogs, as it’s nice to get a different perspective and to see what other people do to get through the day-to-day with a mental illness.
I’ve listed below 8 mental health blogs that I’d recommend you follow, as well as my favourite posts. Enjoy!
Fiona Likes To Blog
Fiona Likes To Blog – Fiona has guest posted on this blog before and her blog, about depression, anxiety and using technology as a tool for your mental health, is ace! Even better, Fiona has just written a book called Depression In A Digital Age!
My favourite post – Why I Had To Lose My Career To Save My Mental Health
No Light Without Darkness
No Light Without Darkness – Zoe started her blog after counselling and uses it to write about mental health and reach other people like herself, who deal with anxiety and depression.
My favourite post – I’m Not Ashamed Of My Anti-Depressants
That New Girl
That New Girl – Talisa’s blog is dedicated to the uplifting and encouragement of young women, navigating through the ins & ours of life, towards better mental health.
My favourite post – Three Effective Ways The Everyday Girl Improves Her Mental Health
Colourful Hope
Colourful Hope – Ruth is a fellow UK blogger who talks about anxiety & depression and hopes to spread as much mental health awareness as she can.
My favourite post – Dealing With Social Anxiety Symptoms Growing Up
Rose-Minded
Rose-Minded – Kay at Rose-Minded says in her bio that “Rose-Minded’s underlying goals are suicide prevention, reducing the stigma around mental illness, and encouraging mental wellness.”
Kay also has a background in mental health care and has been trained as mental health crisis and suicide prevention worker.
My favourite post – 2 Simple Ways To Overcome Travel Anxiety
Shy Mommy Life
Shy Mommy Life – Leanne’s blog is relatively new but I’m already a fan! As a new parent, who has social anxiety, I completely relate to her posts and it makes a change from the heaps of mommy blogs that don’t discuss the hard parts of being a parent with a mental illness.
My favourite post – Parenting With Social Anxiety
BlurryThought
BlurryThought – BlurryThought is a mental health blog that tackles lots of different important issues as well as talks about mental health in the media.
My favourite post – How It Feels To Not Trust A Therapist
The Hippo Chronicles
The Hippo Chronicles – Elli’s blog is about re-learning how to live after a diagnoses of anxiety and depression.
My favourite post – You Have Permission To Change Your Life
If you also blog about mental health and want to join some fellow mental health blogs, come join us in my Pinterest group board.
Learn how to start your own mental health blog by clicking this link!
Wow Kel, this made my day!! It’s the first time I’ve been included on a list like this 🙂 :). Thank you for mentioning me- I feel really encouraged now!
You are so welcome! Thanks for writing your wonderful blog 🙂
Omg thank you so much for the mention! I wasn’t expecting to see my blog on the list to be honest 💗 This has made my evening/night! :3 x
You’re so welcome Ruth! Your blog is brilliant 🙂
Its a little bit of a shame not to see any male bloggers making the list, not saying I should have that honour but there seems to be a lack of male bloggers getting any traction – Congrats to those that did make this list as they are all brilliant at what they do, well done!
Hi Kyle! I totally understand. Over 82% of my readers are female and I see that it’s mostly female bloggers who are active in my Pinterest group board and Facebook group, so it tends to be more female bloggers who are on my radar. I did do a collaboration post with some amazing male bloggers on this post https://anxiouslass.com/men-mental-health/ if you’d like to see what these guys have to say! If there are any male bloggers you follow, I’d be very grateful for recommendations.
It’s not solely for mental health issues, but it is part of the website’s needs. Art of Manliness, is a very huge and famous men’s magazine, that is focused on men’s personal growth and a lot of articles or podcasts interviewing famous authors (often doctors or researchers) feature a lot of information on dealing with stress as a man. There are hundreds of articles, and I haven’t found anything near it. Of course, though, a lot of the advice can also apply to women, especially if you’re into “tomboyish” hobbies, and they interview a lot of strong women in podcasts too.
I also like Leo Babauta’s zen habits, James Clear’s blog by his own name, and Scott Jeffrey’s blog by his own name again. Again, not only for mental illness, but it’s a major part of the blog. Usually you find more male bloggers if you search “personal development blogs,” rather than “mental illness blogs,” and a lot of mental illness stuff tends to get mixed in as a motivation for helping people this way in those blogs.
You may also might benefit from just searching “Depression in men stories,” if you want to look at it specifically, and there is a lot of information around there about this.
Going to check these out!! Love your blog btw! You helped inspire me to start my own mental health blog! 🙂