Speaking to your GP about mental health is never easy. If your first language isn’t English then it can be even more daunting. A wee while back we posted GAMH’s top tips for speaking to your GP about mental health, which the wonderful GAMH folk translated into multiple languages. They have now added Farsi to […]
Archive | Mental wellbeing
It’s #TimeToTalk Day
Today See Me Scotland is co-hosting the first ever UK wide Time to Talk day, with partner organisations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This is the first time this has happened, after the day becoming a massive event in England over the past few years, run by Time to Change. Too many people with […]
Can Movies Improve Your Mental Wellbeing?
Our current Mind Waves theme is Film, and specifically films that are important or the ways in which enjoying a film are important to them. I love watching movies. When I’m feeling down I even have some comfort films that I re-watch to perk me up. I know I’m not alone. Lots of people get […]
Tips for Building More Activity Into Your Life
Community correspondent Pete offers some tips for making fitness fun. A few things help me deal with depression and anxiety. Meds, talking, eating well (mostly), and some form of exercise. I usually have to do some combination of, or all of them to really feel like I’m keeping on top of things. The thing I […]
GAMH at The Gathering 2018 – #SCVOGathering
Our friends from GAMH will be part of the Health and Wellbeing Zone at SCVO organised 2018 The Gathering event. The Gathering welcomes thousands of people from the third sector to meet to share their work. The public are more than welcome to come along and find out more about what charities, community groups, and […]
#mymentalhealthin5words
This week the hashtag #mymentalhealthin5words has been trending on Twitter worldwide. People have really responded to it revealing a lot about themselves and where they’re at. It isn’t easy to open about about your mental health, but I’m not surprised this hashtag has gotten such a great response.. Social media, particularly channels like Twitter, can […]
Look After Your ‘Elf – 20 Christmas Self-Care Tips
Christmas means a lot of different things to different people. For many of us it can be stressful so it’s important not to let ourselves get overwhelmed or bogged down in expectations. We reached out to our correspondents to ask what tried and tested festive self-care tips they use to make the holidays as stress […]
The Beauty of Kindness
Earlier this month (13 November) was World Kindness Day. With this and Christmas fast approaching, I’ve been thinking a lot about kindness and what it means to be kind. People have long understood the benefits of kindness for wellbeing. In recent years mental health experts have focused a lot on the topic, and a much […]
SeeMe #Passthebadge Campaign
SeeMe has launched #PasstheBadge, a new digital campaign encouraging people to get talking about mental health. The charity has partnered with Scottish clothing company Abandon Ship and together they want to create a safe space online for people to talk about mental health and ask questions. To “Start Talking” about mental health SeeMe are asking […]
6 Practical Self-Care Tips
Last week was NHS Self-Care week (Nov 13-19). We were encouraged to stop and take some time to think about our health and wellbeing. The NHS provided a bunch of great resources to help with things including losing weight, cutting down on alcohol, stopping smoking, and making most of your pharmacist. All these guides are […]
