Help us shape the future of these articles, as we return for our weekly chat about mental health right here.
Writing about mental health on a weekly basis is something that I started doing about a decade ago over at Den Of Geek. When I set Film Stories up, I didn’t immediately pick up the mantle in truth, as I didn’t want to put across that I was competing with the-then ongoing series of articles at Den Of Geek. Yet when Den Of Geek opted to stop its mental health articles, I felt it was right that we picked them back up here.
That was several years ago, and we’ve amassed a collection of over 100 articles, which you can find here.
My question, therefore: is this section still of use to you?
The whole idea is that not every article helps every person, and I’m proud of the archive that we’ve built up. Nor is this fishing for nice comments/not nice comments. It’s crucial to us that this weekly section has a use, even to one person. Also happy to take suggestions for things we should cover.
For this section to work, it needs to be of help to someone out there, and it needs also to be present. If you’d take time to leave a comment and give us some ideas as to how things are coming across, we’d be obliged.
Thanks, as always, for listening. This section will be back next week.
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