Recently, a few of our Community Correspondents attended a screening of the Free Lunch Society: a film about the Universal Basic Income. The idea behind the film is that giving everyone a basic income, whether they are in employment or not, could lead to a fairer and more creative country. There was a mixed response from […]
Community correspondent Laura needed a relaxing mindful place of her own. So she made one. Late last Summer I decided I needed a space! My space needed to give me comfort and safety, ground and inspire me, and let me connect with nature – with no said budget and extremely limited funds. But being great […]
Our Community Correspondent Emma Goodlad @goodlademma shares part two of her diary of reducing her antidepressants The reality of reducing dosage of meds part 3…wide awake at 2am having a panic attack and not being able to stop crying. #myunfilteredlife #seemescotland @seemescotland #StartTalking #MentalHealth #AntiDepressants #SSRIwithdrawal #SSRI #Sertraline #depression #mentalillness #recovery #realityofdepression #nofilter #unfiltered A […]
A post from our Project Manager Rosie McIntosh @rosiehopes It’s funny how the people you watch a film with has a big effect on what you get from it. I took a rare trip to the cinema to see coming of age film Ladybird with a friend and her teenage daughter. We each viewed it […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Emma Goodlad I’ve been on antidepressants since 2015. Compared to some this is a relatively short time. I know people have been on antidepressants for years and will likely continue to take them for the foreseeable future – it’s not uncommon. For the last few months of 2017, I […]
Our friends at See Me, the national programme to end mental health stigma, are looking for community champions in Scotland to lead on work which can stop the unfair discrimination people are still experiencing if they have a mental health problem. They are looking for people who have personal experience of mental health conditions to […]
For our Community Correspondent get-together this month, we did something a bit different. We headed along to the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art and took part in a lino printing workshop, with the lovely Angela of @glasgowlife. When people meet us as a group, there are a few words that usually come up. We’re… a […]
We’re proud to present a guest post from mental health advocate and blogger Charlotte Underwood (@XCharlotteFoxX) Mental health recovery is not something that you can cure over-night, in fact I am not sure that there is a cure, however I do know that it can be managed. It’s a day to day battle for most […]
This month we are exploring the theme of place. Community correspondent Pete shares his thoughts. Having a place to yourself is important. I’m sure most of us appreciate having a home, a base, somewhere you can feel safe and comfortable that is your own. For a while now I haven’t had this and it has […]
Community correspondent Marilena talks about her favourite place, as part of our latest theme on place. My favorite place at the moment for me is my house in Greece. I have strong emotional ties with my home as everyone. First it is the place where I have almost all of my books and where my […]
