We are very excited to launch our very own podcast. Mind Waves is now available on Anchor and you can listen and subscribe wherever you usually get your podcasts. Subscribe through spotify Subscribe at iTunes Our first episode is a must-listen, revealing what you can expect from the Mindwaves podcast each month and two fantastic features. […]
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Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Me
Since I was three CPTSD has truly affected me. Battling judgement, public shaming, whispers behind my back and not allowing me to see. Would truly trigger the suicide idealisation often in me. Out of the three definitely judging is the worst for me ,all stemming from my family tree. Words tripping out your mouth and […]
Work in Progress!
A poem from our Community Correspondent Robert Terry Pressures been building for a while Found looking for peace of mind Rhythmical mind I practiced freestyle Doubts resolved and left behind Revision of memory [and] dreams protected Tugging threads, lost for direction Instinct nurtures getting connected Found knocking [on] doors of perception [Essence] […]
Friday Night #journeys
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 […]
My cycle to work makes me feel great #journeys
A post from our Project Manager Rosie McIntosh @rosiehopes When we packed up our family and moved out to the suburbs last year, I was at pains to reassure my city-loving friends that we are just ten minutes away on the train. We’re practically metropolitan. But then Scotrail announced Queen Street tunnel closures and that […]
I will never ever stop travelling, or be beaten by mental illness @hippychick1987 #journeys
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 […]
Just live life, viewing it as a long journey #journeys
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 […]
Our pick of the best things to do at the #refugeefestscot #journeys
The Mind Waves theme at the moment is journeys. We’re talking about our personal mental health journeys, as well as actual geographical journeys . It’s undeniable that travelling far from home, even for the best of reasons, has a big impact on mental wellbeing. It’s hard to imagine how it must feel to have to […]
Travelling does wonders for my mental health #journeys
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 […]
Minibuses filled with our volunteers and older members, chatting, smiling and enjoying being together #journeys
A guest post from @FoodTrainScot Chief Executive Michelle McCrindle MBE At Food Train we’re on a perpetual journey, traveling together alongside hundreds of fantastic volunteers and older members as they make their way each day through life. Some journeys are long; like the food we deliver to our customers can take months from seed to […]