Giving up life as I knew it to become a travel photographer was the best decision I ever made #bestdecision
A post from our Community Correspondent Faud Alakbarov @DrAlakbarov Not all those who wander are lost. Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where […]
There’s an app for that: are mental health apps effective?
At Mind Waves, we spend a lot of time talking and thinking about the connections between technology and good mental health. For a lot of people, social media, using an app to track moods or for guided mindfulness is part of what keeps them well. But how do we know whether apps are actually effective? […]
The best decision I ever made was returning to uni as a mature student #bestdecision
A post from our Community Correspondent Emma Wilson @iamemmawilson Returning to University as a mature student was exactly the fresh start I needed At 25 I seem to be putting some amount of pressure on myself to be at a certain stage in life, and I’m not entirely sure what that may be. When […]
The best decision I ever made was accepting that I have a mental health problem
A post from our Community Correspondent John Dane The best decision I’ve ever made was a firstly accepting I had a mental health problem, and secondly discovering the Glasgow Association for Mental Health. Until then I was very much a loner with very little social skills as I found it hard to trust […]
I wouldn’t be here today if I hadn’t made that decision
A post from our Community Correspondent Robert Terry From the time we rise to the time we retire to bed and, good decisions get us safely through the day. When you’re a kid, people make decisions about you: decisions that change the course of your life and all you can do is live with it. Then […]
Could you be the manager of Glasgow’s new alcohol-free pub?
You might remember that we reported a while back on the opening of Glasgow’s new alcohol-free pub, Cafe GRO. There was so much interest in the idea- there is certainly no lack of demand for an alcohol-free place to hang out. We are absolutely delighted to hear that the pub has now received the funding […]
Meet our Community Correspondents: Robert Terry
Where are you from? Milngavie, or Millguy as they call it. Why are you interested in mental wellbeing? We all have our struggles, we all have our coping strategies. What makes you angry? Many, many things make me angry. I’m getting angry thinking about all the wrongs suffered by those without a voice. Who lobbies […]
The best decision I ever made was telling people how I feel
A post from Our Community Correspondent Jim Jarsdel I’ve made some good decisions. I’ve also made some terrible ones, but I’m learning not to dwell on them. The good decision is one I try to make as often as I need to, although it’s often the last thing I want to do. I’m talking […]
How making fewer decisions made me happier
A post from our Project Manager @rosiehopes One of the hardest things about being depressed is feeling incapable of doing anything about it. In fact, it’s not just doing anything about it: it’s deciding what to do. Sometimes the sheer weight of making a decision can feel too much to bear. Sometimes I can’t decide […]
What is recovery? New animation from @SRNtweet
What is mental health recovery? from Scottish Recovery Network on Vimeo. There as many different definitions of recovery as there are people in the world. We love this new animation from the Scottish Recovery Network that shows in a simple and engaging way that recovery is a reality, whatever it means to you. The film […]
