Onyx Support Blog

Have you ever heard cracked emails, zero bank accounts or identity thefts? Have you ever heard about viruses, hackers, phishing or...

Am I a good enough parent? Why is my mental health impacting my parenting? I need a break. How are others so good at this? These were the...

The term anxiety is spoken about so openly on social media in today's day and age, a huge positive step towards fully getting rid of the...

It turns out that the simple word ‘internship’ has developed the power to send me into a blind panic nowadays. Everywhere I look it feels...

The minute I woke up I knew something was wrong in my brain. I felt awful. Not the normal awful hungover feeling, as I had been drinking...

You’ll probably have heard a lot about the impact the pandemic is having on students, and many of you will have been affected yourselves....

Maybe you are a fresher, or you have been at University for a while now but take a moment to think about your life right now. Do you have...

It’s two days before Christmas and I’m in a freezing, dingy Edinburgh flat. There are bars on the windows and that kind of spiky carpet...

We've all been there. You're sitting down at your desk, ready to start a piece of work and then BAM your motivation starts going down a...

You may know us for our social media pages, where we spread mental and physical health awareness, however, there is a lot more to Onyx...

I had plenty to worry about when starting University. Would I get on with my flatmates? How would I cope with the workload? Would I be...

Finally, after what feels like 1456 days of the month of January, February has arrived. The world may still seem a little bleak at the...

Our brains are a big blob of soft tissue, made of a combination of grey and white matter and are by far the most complex part of the...

Whilst I was at university, I went through a difficult time facing struggles with my flatmates. Let’s get real, living with 10 strangers...

I suffer from Complex PTSD, alongside depression and anxiety which can impact on my everyday life. Knowing that I have these health...

In December of last year, I decided to make an appointment with my GP about my mental health. I had been struggling, more than usual,...

It was Friday around March 2016 when my manager called me into the office. I was meant to be working in a school, but I was told to go...

Just before lockdown began in March, I had just given birth to a baby. I was happy but I wasn’t feeling I could 100% be the best, I...

In my first year at university studying Musical Arts, I was sitting in a lecture after hurrying with my friend with a minute to spare. My...

Quiet BPD Those who live with Borderline Personality Disorder (or Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder) have different traits and...