Every year, the Office of National Statistics asks people a series of simple questions: overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays? overall, to what extent do you feel the things you do in your life are worthwhile? overall, how happy did you feel yesterday? overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday? It’s all […]
Archive | September, 2016
Is it worth taking the risk of friendship after you’ve been betrayed? Always.
A post from our Community Correspondent Robert Terry Friends drift in and out of your life, stay for a while or disappear for months or years and when they return, a true friend will always be welcome. They lift your mood when none other can. They’re the only one who can say how it is, […]
A hug in a box: what’s great and what’s not, about the #BlurtBuddyBox
A post from our Project Manager @rosiehopes It’s a nice idea: a monthly delivery of lovely things to make you feel better. Whether you’re living with depression, or you could just do with a pick-me-up, a box full of products chosen for self care, like the Buddy Box, is a welcome treat. The trend for […]
Leaving friends behind for the sake of your mental wellbeing
Our Community Correspondent Marilena Balagianni gives her perspective on friendship and mental wellbeing Friendship means the mutual liking and regard, the spiritual and emotional bond that connects two or more people. Trust, understanding , honesty, similar interests are essential components of friendships. Friendship is considered something sacred and a very important relationship for most […]
What if she doesn’t like me any more? Seeing my dearest friend for the first time after my mental illness
A post from our Community Correspondent Laura McGlinn I remember the moment I got the news. I was standing photographing black and white images at Rannoch Moor, thinking of my longest and dearest friend of 40 years, far away in New Zealand. It was New Years Day and I just couldn’t stop thinking about her. […]
The best friends are the ones you don’t have to tidy up for #myunfilteredlife
There’s a certain social pressure that demands that we are presentable to our guests; that we tidy up and put some clothes on. In fact, half the time, even after frantically tidying, we apologise to our guests for the mess when they arrive. How many time have you visited someone and they’ve commented on […]
Friendship is what you give as well as what you get
At Mind Waves, we support each other. We tell stories, we listen, we share ideas. Officially, it’s called peer support. We just call it being pals. We’ve spoken a lot about how much we appreciate our friends and what they mean to us. But we also talk about how important it is to be […]
A good friend feels with you
One of our Community Correspondents summed up friendship as this: “A good friend feels with you: hugs you when you’re sad, laughs when you’re happy and catches you when you fall.” The beauty is that it’s not about doing anything. Often, when a friend is struggling, we want to rush in and fix things. It’s hard […]
What you learn about #friendship when you have a mental health problem
At our Community Correspondent meeting this week, we had a long conversation about friendship and mental health. We talked about the friends who have seen us through tough times (many of whom were in the room), the ones who we realised weren’t worth the bother and the new pals we found along the way. We […]
5 reasons planting wildflowers is good for your mental wellbeing @GrowWildUK
The lovely people at Grow Wild are giving away thousands of packets of free seeds, so that you can create some colour in your neighbourhood. Apparently Britain has lost almost 97% of its wild flowers since the 1930s and this is a chance to get some of them back and create welcoming environments for […]
