A short film from our Community Correspondent David Bradley You’ve probably seen David’s art on Mind Waves before. His distinctive style has an amazing way of capturing a feeling. In this short film, he talks about how painting helps him express and deal with his feelings. David talks with such honesty, that even if you’ve […]
A post from our Project Manager Rosie McIntosh @rosiehopes It’s become tradition to fear “Blue Monday”, the third Monday of January, which apparently is the most depressing day of the year. It makes sense. Over Christmas we’ve spent all our money, gained weight, drunk too much and the weather’s rubbish. Sounds like a recipe for depression. […]
A post from our Project Manager Rosie McIntosh @rosiehopes Every year I cry at the bells. It’s silly really, I know it’s coming, which should stop it happening, but it’s like a Pavlovian response. Jackie Bird raises a glass, the bells chime, I cry. I was talking about this with a friend who admitted she […]
A post from one of our Community Correspondents This is my third Christmas since being diagnosed with my depressive disorder. I’d grip you with a dark tale of being depressed at the cheeriest time of year; all the melancholy of a John Lewis advert rolled into a piece of cinematic misery, but without the sigh […]
A song about a time when neighbours were neighbours from Community Correspondent John Dane Image painted by Community Correspondent David Bradley There’s nothing like a song to make you remember happier times. At our Mind Waves meeting, John sang us “When I was a lad”, which is about growing up in Belfast, but reminded us […]
If you’ve been struggling with mental health problems, the first step to recovery can be a visit to your GP. But it can be a daunting thought. What if the doctor doesn’t listen? What if English isn’t your first language and you don’t know how to explain? Our friends at GAMH worked with co-trainers from […]
At our latest Mind Waves meeting, Community Correspondent Derek read us his latest poem and in the usually lively room, there was silence. I think we all understood the feeling of dark times approaching and were moved by the sense of humour and hope in his words. Here they are. Autumn skinny dipping I’ve had […]
Our Community Correspondent Pete goes backstage to talk music and mental health with Machines in Heaven @machinesheaven Last Thursday, the Art School played host to Glasgow bands Atom Tree and Machines in Heaven in an exciting and powerful night of electro, shoegaze, post-rock, post-electronica. Our headliners Machines in Heaven, create beautiful, otherworldly sounds with the […]
What does resilience look like? Since we asked back in July, you’ve submitted some brilliant photographs that really got us thinking about what it means to be resilient. It’s a very happy Friday afternoon task to announce three clear winners from the shortlist. Thank you so much to everyone who entered, and massive congratulations to our […]
A group of our Community Correspondents got together on the morning after the night before- September 19. None of had slept very much and there was only one subject that anybody felt like talking about: what happened in the referendum. Of course, some of us were quietly relieved, while others were sorely disappointed, but we […]
