Write Your Way to Recovery
Everyone has a story. Writing it down can help you in many different ways.
This website is designed to help people affected by mental health problems on their journey of recovery. It invites you to write your stories and experiences – and gives you tools to inspire you.
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How Writing Can Help
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You're the Hero
For many of us, recovery is a journey of ups and downs. Writing your story can help you see just how many challenges and obstacles you’ve overcome along the way.
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Find a way forward
We all feel ‘stuck’ at times. Words can help you get moving again. Writing about an achievable goal or a dream outcome can help you take those small, important steps towards your recovery.
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See your successes
It’s easy to spend a lot of time talking or thinking about your so-called ‘failures’. Write your story and you can start to see your successes clearly too.
Writing and Recovery
If you’ve ever put pen to paper to work through difficult feelings, you might already know how powerful words can be. In fact, creating and taking control of their own stories can help people affected by mental health problems to experience recovery.
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What Do You See
What Do You See? As he stands on the street cadging a ciggie, tell me, what do you see? As he asks you for "Just a pound?" What do you see? As he adjusts his ill fitting clothes ove...
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The Collector
He is my favourite hiding place,I stash my fears there,in the lining of his heart. He keeps them in pockets, turns them over in his hands,running a thumb in circles,over their surface,<...
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A storm always passes
It's dark out there. The clouds approach overhead, looming like soldiers waiting to strike. I am stuck, unable to move, sinking in the claws of the sludge. My mind has gone from panick to resignation. I've tried to get out but I just do...
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Signs of my recovery
One of the first signs that I was getting better was that I could read again. For a long time I couldn't concentrate when I read, so reading novels, no matter how familiar, was no longer pleasurable. Trying to read anything academic or 'formal'...
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