Norma’s story
Norma’s story My covid story is one of isolation, but also of hope. Before the pandemic, I spent a lot of time with my grandchildren and kept busy with gardening, house-hold chores and time with loved ones. Then it all changed. For seven months I was at home and felt really isolated. My anxiety around […]
Elizabeth’s story
Elizabeth’s story Daily time spent outdoors is absolutely vital in ensuring that my mental wellbeing remains as well as possible. This has never been more important than in the last year, when we have all experienced a year like no other; it has proved to be very challenging, and at times unsettling and scary, and […]
Kerr’s story
Kerr’s story The reason I started drawing was probably a lot to do with the death of my son two years ago. I also live with depression and anxiety. Just over a year ago, I was sitting in my in laws house where the whole family was gathering for a visit. My brain was at […]
Fiona’s reflections of a gruelling 12 months
Fiona and her reflections on a gruelling lockdown I don’t think that my reflections on the past year will be unique and I’m sure they will sound familiar to many. In March last year it became clear that this was a situation that nobody had any experience of. This generated some anxiety and fear, but […]
Francesca’s story
How my mum’s recovery story inspired my own journey We all know mums are superheroes, but mine is such a special woman. She saves lives, just like my favourite DC superhero Wonder Woman does. She’s a recovery practitioner peer for the DBI Covid Response Team and works for an organisation called Penumbra, based in Glasgow. […]
Torquil’s story
Living well with mental ill health As a Recovery Worker in the community, every day is usually quite unique but it revolves around visiting people who access our service in the home or in the community. We use our own bespoke wellbeing toolkit to identify goals and track the recovery and progress. It’s great to […]
Dave’s blog on sleep
Why is sleep so important for our wellbeing? With increasingly busy lives it’s estimated that we now sleep around 90 minutes less each night than we did in the 1920s. I was startled to read this recently on the Mental Health Foundation’s website. Our ancestors were no slouches, often working long hours on the land, […]
Gemma’s story
I hope who ever reads this knows there’s always hope My mental ill health started when I was 12 years old. My dad just died the night before my 13th birthday, on christmas eve 1999 very suddenly and unexpectedly. Me and mum had to move out of the family home in the middle of England […]
Christine’s story
Christine’s story Sometimes life gets in the way and if we’re busy we actually forget what we have done or how we felt after doing an activity or even the outcome of our actions. So this is why I started journaling this year. I began more out of interest than anything else to see if […]
Victoria’s story
Victoria’s story I was born in 1961 and grew up in the north east of Scotland. My father was a negative character. He chanted that he could not do anything right; then he was a failure because he was not educated. He had no emotional relationship with the family, just forced. My mother worked hard […]
