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World Wellbeing Week
On the last day of World Wellbeing Week, here is a simple and effective technique to help manage negative thinking. We live in a world filled with uncertainties and it's all too common to be overwhelmed by stress and anxiety. This state of being can often lead to negative views of feeling worthless or unloved. Emotions…
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Suicidal Feelings
If you are struggling regarding suicidal feelings, it can be a difficult and frightening time. MIND is a Mental Health charity that offers support, information and advice, here are some links to their website that might be helpful to you. You are not alone, you are a member of our community and we appreciate you. If you…
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Coping with stress, low mood and isolation – a support thread
What is this thread about? We realise these
are particularly difficult times for all who visit Scope’s online
community. The impact of covid-19 has
been far reaching, not least emotionally, as we all cope and ‘muddle through’ each
day the best we can. As a means of
support, the Community Team have compiled a list of…
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Mental health
One mental health worker I visited told me I have EUPD . I was also given medication to help anxiety too .
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Feedback & thoughts.
Hello, peace is really and truly one of the highest values in my life , i went the extra mile in my job, my beloved godmother was saying that when i was a child was walking down the street giving money to people and crying when saw sick animals or people, when i came to the UK was talking to homeless people on the streets…
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Back again with more questions!
hi all sorry to keep bombarding you but I don’t know how else I can vent. I was assessed 15/07 for nsESA. Anyway cut a long story short I phoned today trying to see if the auto payment line had changed for me as pay day is Wednesday (wishful thinking) instead of putting me to that I got put straight through. I was hard to…
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Authenticity / Emotions
it is very important to give yourself space and permission to feel all emotions, every emotion is important, when we feel sadness, when we feel joy, when we feel anger and to give yourself the right and space to feel and name our emotions , and to find a safe way to express our emotions for example taking or writing to a…
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Values in life
Note from online community team: This post contains mature themes and frank discussion about sex so may not be appropriate for some members and younger people. Hi to everyone, i couldnt sleep last night thinking about life, im a highly sensitive person, sometimes i heard from some people that i had to change because i was…
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Expressing feelings & emotions through music.
Metallica - Nothing Else Matters.
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In dispare
I have helped some recently come through a very bad patch, and because of this I have copied a recent post from her. read this: I had this feeling after a 28 year relationship and everything changed at once. Even when there was so many people around it still felt lonely at times. I had 2 brain surgeries, lost my job after…
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Holidays/security/thoughts/candles/memory
Hi , last year it was hard for me and today it’s also hard for me that i can’t be there in person to clean the graves and to light the candles, candles are burning in Polish cemeteries today and it is a day off from work today , time to meet loved ones, a time to remember those who have passed away , tomorrow is All Souls…
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Claim with “back office”???
hi I called about my esa assesment as it’s just eating me alive I can’t eat I can’t sleep I’m non stop shaking. She noted all this down when I called and told me “we have everything we need and your assesment is now with back office.” What does this mean? Am I going to be waiting months now? It seems so unfair that this…
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Not sure what to do
Been under MH Team over 18 months done cbt, and a new thing emotional regulation and coping skills, frequent SH involved they know this and over take medication to SH also they know this completed a phyc review to be told "" discharged nothing else we can do for you" ptsd, severe anxsirty and depression Two months after…
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Feeling anxious following assesment
hi. I had my Lcwra assesment 15/7. I called ESA to inform them I don’t seem to get letters from them and when I do they arrive 8-21 days after posting. The advisor has left a note to DWP about this and asked for them to call me as it’s unfair to leave me waiting that long after a decision. Anyway. I was wondering how long…
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Vitamins
Vitamin D3, Vitamin B6 complex, Omega 3 fish oil, magnesium complex, magnesium l threonate, Creatine Monohydrate 5mg building up to 20 mg before bed
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Hi, my name is Mhoyles! Where can I meet local people?
hello im just reaching out as i suffer with depression and anxiety and im looking to meet up with local people in or around my community so could you please help me with pointing out a few venues in my area that may be able to help
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Struggling really, it’s the anniversary of my mum passing away today
hi, really struggling, it’s been a year since my mum passed away, my mum passed away suddenly. My dad passed away in 2021 but it was a longer process with him, about 6 weeks, but with my mum it basically happened in the space of 3 or 4 days I can’t really remember how long but it felt like overnight my world changed.…
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ESA
How to know if your getting income related esa or contrubtation esa ? And why would contrubtation be diffrent on UC
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Insomnia
hi, i suffer from chronic insomnia Please could someone share their experiences regarding insomnia and what medication they are taking for it Thank you, kind regards
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How do you deal with people being rude because of your disability?
I am quite fed up of being verbally abused by people driving past me in their cars and shouting at me. The most recent time it was a car full of teenagers or young adults, they drove past me and one of them shouted “my legs work” at me (I was in my wheelchair). Another time someone shouted “Timmy” at me, again driving by…
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Living in pain /invisible illness/mental health
Living with an invisible illness means some days, “just getting through” is an achievement. 🕊️ You don’t have to keep up with anyone else. 🛏️ You don’t need to explain why today’s a slow day. 🌿 Doing what you can — even if that’s just resting — counts. Your worth is not measured by your productivity. You are allowed to go…
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Moving forward
I am under cmht and awaiting to start one to one to be able to progress my fears due to trauma to move towards sustainable independant life . Over coming varriers crated by trauma. The trauma I have has an impact for example I have ptsd and relive the event and has made me housebound. Reliving the event on occassion I have…
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Bad Day
Am having a bad day with my schizophrenia, I keep bring told to "get a drip", but no one wants to help me, I have been left to deal with this by myself by the NHS Mental health as I do not fit into their "quick fix" box, as they quoted me as being "a chronic case". I feel very let down and completely discarded.
