On Romanticising Mental Illness is prose by Glasgow-based student, Lu Byrne. On the piece, they said “ I wrote this specific piece to both try and be square with myself and my understanding of mental illness.

“More generally, with my romanticisation of depression and to explain to people that I love part of the thoughts behind some of the darker periods that happen.”

About Lu

They/them

Lu is a 4th-year student of Spanish and French at the University of Glasgow. They are utterly fascinated by language and how we can use it as a creative and therapeutic tool. They have always enjoyed writing and have often turned to it to try and understand or explain themselves and what is going on in their life.