A day in the life of Pru – our Community Correspondent @daviespru Every day starts and ends with pain. This is physical pain from chronic osteoarthritis particularly in the knees and ankles although I am affected in all my joints. I take daily doses of Co-Dydramol, Naproxen and Paracetamol and Dihydrocodeine to get me through […]
A guest contribution from John Harper, creator of @rizenow A year ago I decided I wanted to be part of working out how technology can help us and our mental health. The year before, I was diagnosed with moderate depression. It had been going on for a long time and I had no idea what […]
A post from Dougie Pickering, Director of @voxScotland , national mental health service user led organisation in Scotland When is the right time… …not for giving up smoking, but perhaps being ‘forced’ to? After a great deal of service user consultation at local and national levels, including smokers and non-smokers, the answer seems to be: “not on […]
As of March 31 of this year, it is illegal to smoke anywhere on NHS grounds. We all know that smoking is bad for our health and most people have come to accept that it is banned in public places, but what about people who don’t get to choose where they go? People who are […]
A post from one of our Mind Waves Community Correspondents For years I had a dream that I could sing for my beloved Prophet in such a way that I could feel it coming from my heart and leaving an everlasting impression on the hearts of the listeners. Recently, my dream came true… I was […]
At our last Mind Waves meeting, we talked about the people who inspire us in our lives. Our Community Correspondent John Dane has written this about one of his heroes, Mary Barbour, who lived in his native Govan. John is an active campaigner and has written about how he feels proud to stand up for […]
What’s your name and where are you from? Donald Hosie, from Glasgow Why are you interested in mental wellbeing? I have a history of depression. I’ve been looking for ways to make myself feel better. Moving to my new house has helped. What can we expect from you? I’m […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Kim Greenwell There’s no simple route to happiness, but Kim has identified the things that are working for her.
Everyone wants to be happy, right? But you wouldn’t know it from the way we behave. Most of us just struggle to the end of each week. We’re more likely to be motivated by habit, or money, or status than the pursuit of happiness. In fact, many of us don’t think much about it until […]
A guest post from Marc from @ballofnerves , a picture book about anxiety In my work as a therapist I work a lot with people with anxiety problems. If you have never experienced anxiety problems before you’re likely to feel frightened, confused and at a loss as to how to make anxiety controllable. I say controllable […]
