How has the online community helped you? Let us know!

Rachel_Scope

We would love to know how the online community has helped you. It doesn't matter in what way we have helped, it's whatever is important to you ❤️

Maybe you found someone who has had similar experiences to you and you've formed a friendship?

Maybe you got some good advice that helped you through a difficult time?

Or maybe you love coming here for a chat!

Let us know 😊

Kimi87

Helping people here is something I enjoy, it gives me purpose and I feel useful, it also passes the time in a good way.

Rachel_Scope

That's great to hear @Kimi87! The team have noticed how much you help people, so thank you from all of us 😊 I'm so glad you get something out of it.

IanHaines

I always come back here. This is possibly my 3rd time of coming back. I've been through psychiatric hell and back. Folks, here, have always helped, where they can. I would've liked forming friendships, here…phone friendships, also, in fact, eventually. Like the song says people who need people are the luckiest people in the world!

I believe that it's impossible to fix yourself, psychiatrically. Without other people being involved, I honestly believe that it can't be done. Humans are social animals and it's sometimes abnormal, I think, to be without company while going through mental health stormy waters - and, I've spent 55 years, on and off, doing that. It's most often been through other people that I've found some form of solace, or quiet, or at least something, one day, to look forward to.

Without such forums as this, a huge number of psychiatric cases will simply not make it, without corrective influences and support around them, in contact with them!

Rachel_Scope

That's so insightful @IanHaines, thank you so much for sharing your experience. Our aim is to bring people together to share similar experiences, or just to chat about the weather! I'm so happy to hear that people here have helped you and I hope you keep coming back to us.

Catherine21

So much I came on like a bull in China shop following no rules guidelines I felt awful for my behaviour and was given a chance by albus and racheal Holly ive always been out spoken but being on this group has really made me look at myself my actions how they effect others and over time and growing to really like being apart of scope taught me not to be so reactive and that is priceless because years of therapy never did ps also everyone's support and really taking time to help when panic strikes also being dyslexic and still feeling apart of the group means alot scope has really really really helped me over this last year for that I am truly grateful 🙏

Rachel_Scope

@Catherine21 it's so lovely to hear about your journey with us 😊 I'm glad the community has been so helpful. I was happy to see you were still here when I came back.

@Bluebell21 I love that you enjoy supporting other people, that's exactly what the community is for 😊 It definitely helps to see that other people are in similar situations so we don't feel so alone.

Holly_Scope

It's really lovely reading this feedback. I know I work for Scope, but can't deny the positive impact the community has had on me personally too. 💜

Catherine21

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1071756#Comment_1071756

You are the best support so kind and caring always

Rachel_Scope

Aww that's so lovely to hear, thank you from all the team @Catherine21

NeuroEve

As a parent of to adult children with Autism and other difficulties it's amazing having somewhere like scope that you can go to for extra support. Everyone I have interacted with on here, sometimes at my lowest point of trying to support my children have been lovely. My children's lives are not what I envisaged for them but having people like you lot here make it a little easier, especially carrying the load of 3 peoples hopes, worries and fears.

Rachel_Scope

That's great to hear @NeuroEve. We hope you can keep coming here for support ❤️

birdwatcher

Yes it has. There's people here who genuinely understand where you're at. Case in point. I have a great pal who loves the cold, ,rainy weather and can't understand why the weather he loves causes someone like me to hate it. I hope he never ends up with like me ( chronic pain). Maybe then he might? I reckon I could mention here about how bad their joints are at the moment and there'd be folk nodding in agreement. Got to live with it to understand it

Scooby222

I have had help from the Scope Community forum, most recently when I asked for suggestions for a one-handed floor mop! I received all sorts of suggestions for that, including a suggested new vocation for me as a street cleaner! 🤣

I received loads of useful info that let me find exactly what I wanted, and saved me money too. And also gave me a good laugh that lasted all day! I think this forum is great. 😁

StarryEyed

This forum has been a life saver, as being here has made it crystal clear that I am in dire need of connection and support for my disabilities. I've lived in Spain for the last 11 years, but I'm English speaking from Canada. My disability supports in Spain are virtually nonexistent, no matter that I've tried as hard as I can to get supports in Spanish or English, which is why I joined this forum recently. In the short time I've been here I've realised I really need to connect as I've enjoyed the little connection I've had here. Since this forum is almost - if not totally - focused on UK members, I've decided to join an international forum of English-speaking members. This way also my immigration issues might be addressed, i.e. being a disabled immigrant.

Thank you to all the members who have been kind and welcoming. And especially thank you to those of you who made me feel useful. I wish you all the very best in your journey. More than anything, I wish you the maximum acts of kindness - both given and received.🌟 💖🌟

Media

I’m. Old with various disabilities,including mobility problems. Financially I can manage but live the life of a recluse. Have an interest in visual art. My concern is the government’s plans to increase digital interest in our finances and requirements for digital inclusion which could further segregate the disabled community

Is there anyone in the Lewisham area I could meet? Michael

Louloubell1980

Helping me feel less alone and helping me share my experience with others when they are facing similar challenges as me.

Richard_Scope

Without the Online Community, I wouldn't be working for Scope!

Cherry70

The online community has helped me by reminding me that I’m not alone — it’s comforting to connect with others who understand. I also really love the gallery; it’s such an inspiring space. I just wish there were more professional opportunities, like a dedicated gallery or platform that promotes disabled artists in a professional, marketing-focused way.🍒

RachaelC

this community has help me a lot especially during my whole uc claim

OverlyAnxious

The community helped me many years ago after I failed my first PIP claim. I did eventually end up getting PIP through tribunal, and can say that I definitely wouldn't have got PIP without it. I must admit, it isn't really the 'same' community now though. The top posters have changed. The staff have changed. I don't mean that in a bad way, just that it's different now.

I also found the community useful more recently in the run up to my UC migration. I knew what to expect, and what my local Job Centre was incorrect about (which turned out to be most things!).

Interestingly, the reasons that I use the community most frequently are pretty much the same as Kimi's. I can't do much in real life now, but can still feel helpful but trying to advise others on here. I also have quite a bit of time to pass without many options to do so in my current living circumstances. It is something I morally struggle with a bit…wondering whether I'm genuinely wanting to help people, or whether I'm doing it for more selfish reasons of passing my own time and making myself feel better!