TogetherMentalHealth

Together for Mental Wellbeing is a national charity supporting people with mental health issues.

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Piece has a breakdown of steps when a person is sectioned under the #MentalHealthAct with insights from former #MentalHealth nurse Steve Bown on striving to avoid it being de-humanising & building a compassionate relationship to learn from #LivedExperience https://t.co/CfZAdAPwGZ

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#LivedExperienceNetwork member Jodie shares powerful #LivedExperience on the profound role animals played in supporting their #MentalHealth describing the companionship of their beloved cat & how residential care should facilitate connection to animals. https://t.co/WKFlLZ4htb

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CW: Discussion of suicidal thoughts

Article features #LivedExperience from a selection of women on coping with PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder) explaining the impact on their #MentalHealth & families plus battling to have their symptoms recognised https://t.co/lBCeATf4fx

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Article features open & honest #LivedExperience by Emily Newcombe on coping with #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder or #OCD & how it impacts her #MentalHealth explaining how she undertakes rituals that effect her work & relationships & treatment she is accessing https://t.co/3LyVm2p16p

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Informative episode of podcast #AllInTheMind featuring #LivedExperience of people getting support for #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder or #OCD explaining how it impacts their #MentalHealth with coping techniques they use & how different it is to perceptions https://t.co/jH0UO65FfG

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Balanced opinion piece by journalist Gaby Hinsliff on the need to break stigma around burnout following Green MP Carla Denyer's decision to take time out & why prioritising #MentalHealth & #Wellbeing is important in roles where compassion is a strength https://t.co/sHnRc2DmM5

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Article looks at the benefits that therapy animals can have on #MentalHealth with #LivedExperience from Frankie who uses the @CNWLNHS service on how calming she has found interacting with therapy dog Ruby with some insights on qualities the pets need https://t.co/nlRC4bzser

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Article features personal & unguarded #LivedExperience from author Daisy Buchanan on having been bullied as a child & the impact that has had on her #MentalHealth during her life sharing coping strategies she has learned & how it still impacts her today https://t.co/JtKNr5KjSx

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@networkrail @RAIL The service is delivered with further support from partners @GWRHelp
@BTP & Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board – BHFT (NHS)

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Delighted to share the Together & @networkrail partnership at the Reading Wellbeing Platform that provides #MentalHealth support has been shortlisted for the #NationalRailAwards2026 hosted by @RAIL under the category “Outstanding Contribution to Society" https://t.co/mrmphnZxgG

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Journalist Maria Astardjieva shares eloquent & joyful #LivedExperience on how walking in Shropshire with her flatmate benefitted her #MentalHealth as she spent time in nature & didn't use her phone helping her to enjoy her surroundings in a mindful way https://t.co/VgD3Wxktvk

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Article looks at walk & talk group set up by Lauren Murphy who shares #LivedExperience on how walking benefits her #MentalHealth after the tragic loss of her brother & best friend who took their own lives which helped her cope with grief & now helps others https://t.co/Ftm4mQ2qYN

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Thoughtful & informative piece by author Emma Hardy with #LivedExperience of living with chronic illness in the form of premenstrual dysphoric disorder & the impact on her #MentalHealth when the symptoms recur regularly & exploring a different narrative https://t.co/DJTGNTnJWY

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Article features #LivedExperience from Neil J Catley on how the hobby of photography has benefitted his #MentalHealth sharing images he has created & explaining how he shares is enthusiasm for the craft with others in a group that helps get out & about https://t.co/GUiSg1n8gB

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Concluding #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek is a video by Dionne Simpson from Merton #PeerSupport Service who explains how her #MentalHealth #LivedExperience means she is able to utilise empathy & compassion to build relationships. Watch clip here & full vid at https://t.co/WxkrYxt8jr

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Continuing our #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek CEO, Linda Bryant explains what #ValuingLivedExperience means to her, how #LivedExperience is central to #MentalHealth support we provide & how learning from those who use services helps improve them. Full vid at https://t.co/c4ueyGNb1V

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Our #ValuingLivedExperience theme for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek is central to our approach to #MentalHealth support at Together & our core ethos is #ServiceUserLeadership - https://t.co/QtWgNN5y7Q

We also have our #LivedExperienceNetwork people can join https://t.co/jaSuMkaGvV

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Next for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek & our theme of #ValuingLivedExperience we hear from Anuja Mitra, Wellbeing Worker at our Berkshire West Breathing Space Service, who blogs on how her own #LivedExperience helps her provide #MentalHealth support to people https://t.co/YpYrlYiISv

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Together’s theme for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek is #ValuingLivedExperience & to begin our coverage of that we’re delighted to share a video made by a person who used two of our services in Reading & Berkshire who reflects on her own #LivedExperience https://t.co/6HGqzblGyM