An audio post from Community Correspondent Robert Alexander There’s no single thing that can make every person feel better. But for Robert, there’s no doubt that it’s running. Listen to his story here.
Archive | April, 2015
Five ways to protect your mental wellbeing during the election
A post from Mind Waves Steering Group Member @jennifermjones Last week I blogged about the effect that being involved in grassroots politics has had on my mental health. Put simply: the highs are really high, but the lows are really low. I set myself some rules to help keep myself safe – and I’d like […]
Warning: politics can be bad for your mental health. How @jennifermjones survives and thrives
A post from Mind Waves steering group member @jennifermjones Let’s start with a political writing cliche. The Westminster elections, they are hard to ignore – especially so soon after the passion and energy of the Scottish Independence referendum. I’ve read so much about about both, from and about grassroots politics, across commentators and the participants […]
Rights for Life: this year’s big event in Scotland for #mentalhealth
The Scottish Recovery Network, See Me and Voices Of eXperience have now opened registration for Rights for Life: Supporting Recovery and Ending Discrimination. Rights for Life is a landmark national conference being held in Glasgow over two days on 2-3 June 2015, with a simultaneous online programme for those who can’t attend in person. It […]
Paint explosions : some things, words can’t explain
A guest post from Lauren Fox @weldedrockets who is an art therapist I work with people who have often experienced sudden, massive changes. Like the carpet has suddenly exploded underneath them, and they haven’t had an opportunity to see what happened before having to switch to survival mode, and get through the new changes […]
Celebrate with us on April 24
Reidvale Centre, Dennistoun Friday April 24 1.30-3.30 Come along to celebrate, meet people and learn more We are so proud of everything that our Community Correspondents have achieved in the last year. We want to celebrate. Join us at the Reidvale Centre for lunch and see films, photographs and talks that celebrate mental wellbeing. […]
Every day starts and end with pain, but there is help out there
A day in the life of Pru – our Community Correspondent @daviespru Every day starts and ends with pain. This is physical pain from chronic osteoarthritis particularly in the knees and ankles although I am affected in all my joints. I take daily doses of Co-Dydramol, Naproxen and Paracetamol and Dihydrocodeine to get me through […]
My depression made me want to use technology to help myself and others
A guest contribution from John Harper, creator of @rizenow A year ago I decided I wanted to be part of working out how technology can help us and our mental health. The year before, I was diagnosed with moderate depression. It had been going on for a long time and I had no idea what […]
The day you’re admitted to a mental health facility is not the right time to be forced to quit smoking
A post from Dougie Pickering, Director of @voxScotland , national mental health service user led organisation in Scotland When is the right time… …not for giving up smoking, but perhaps being ‘forced’ to? After a great deal of service user consultation at local and national levels, including smokers and non-smokers, the answer seems to be: “not on […]
Do you have a right to smoke in hospital?
As of March 31 of this year, it is illegal to smoke anywhere on NHS grounds. We all know that smoking is bad for our health and most people have come to accept that it is banned in public places, but what about people who don’t get to choose where they go? People who are […]
