Run in

Posted on March 7, 2018 by carltellstales

Silvio bumped into his ex boyfriend.
He looked amazing. Silvio did not.
It was so awkward, Silvio legged it.
But his ex boyfriend chased after him!
Silvio ran faster and faster and
harder and harder and passed out
10 feet from the marathon’s finish line.

BBC Three’s Things Not to Say to Someone with Depression

Posted on March 6, 2018 by carltellstales

Talking about my experiences of stigmatising comments relating to mental health for BBC Three.

Resilient

Posted on February 22, 2018 by carltellstales

Life would sometimes get too much for Charlie. On days like that he would unzip himself, climb out of his skin and start all over. When things got too much again, he’d repeat the process. Again and again and again. His mates called him ‘Snaky’.

Rebel

Posted on February 21, 2018 by carltellstales

Shaun tore up the rule book
After his boss signed-off to do so.

Away

Posted on February 18, 2018 by carltellstales

Justin had a weekend away. When he got home, he realised he’d walked into the wrong house! It was a much nicer house, to be honest, so decided to stay. Justin loved holidays.

Spread

Posted on February 15, 2018 by carltellstales

All of the love was used up. People stopped complimenting each other, opening doors for one another and generally just smiling. Fortunately, Jeremy managed to reserve a handful of love from the day before. It was in his pocket. He had no-one specific to use it on, so decided to pepper his emails with it, fuel his hellos and goodbyes with it and generally just wear it in his eyes.