A post from our Community Correspondent Peter Leckie There’s a couple of songs that really hit me emotionally and they’re both connected to my time as a soldier, which was a big part of my life. I was a member of her Majesty’s Armed Forces from 1971-1977. During that time, I felt a lot of […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Marilena Balagianni It is indisputable that music affects our mood and anyone on this planet can confirm this. The type of music we choose to listen to always represents a part of ourselves. Both melody and lyrics are powerful to how a song makes us feel. How […]
A poem about from our Community Correspondent David Bradley I’m walking home, I’m on my own, I’m walking rather fast, as I walk past I’m looking all around, with my feet on the ground I keep on going, with no slowing I’m walking at a certain pace, I don’t feel safe I’m getting closer to […]
Our Community Correspondent Derek Read goes back to visit a favourite childhood spot with his brother Ruby Mere Not many ducks on Ruby Mere, come moorhens; tranquil, as we pool our memories of the bustling place of our childhood Nine years difference- but this place was common the rowing boats, the swing-boats, hulking monstrosities, that […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Ann Marie Sharpe on her mental health journey Trigger warning: this post includes mentions of self harm and suicidal feelings The biggest journey in my life has been my mental health journey. I have travelled a huge distance, from a teenager who was constantly suicidal, to a grown woman […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Marilena Balagianni It is better to be on a journey than to arrive sometimes. It is better to contemplate less about how the future might be or worse how the future has to be. People spend their life obsessing over goals and forget how to live life itself. It […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Fuad Alakbarov Visiting another city or even village is not only an eye-opener into exciting history and culture, but it also helps as a reprieve for the mind. Traveling allows the mind to develop and literally see the world in a new and different way. While you may plan […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Ann Marie Sharpe @hippychick1987 I have bipolar disorder, and have suffered with mental illness all of my life. My experiences living with mental illness have inspired me to create something positive, to encourage and help others in their lives, and I am so proud of Ams Creations. I began Ams […]
A post from our Community Correspondent Emma Goodlad I can’t put into words how glad I am that I decided to become part of the Mind Waves community. The response to my blogs has been overwhelming and it came at just the right time for me. I posted a link to my first blog to my […]
@hippychick1987 , our Community Correspondent Ann Marie Sharpe shares her conflicted relationship with her bed With regards to my mental illness, I have a love/hate relationship with my bed. Due to my medication side effects, high anxiety levels and fatigue from bipolar depression, I spend a great deal of time in bed. When I am ill, I […]
