Carl’s Blog

September 2009: Well it’s Carl here again. If you remember we had last month’s (August) ‘Drink and Donate’ evening at the Oriel Ynys Mon Art Gallery which went very well. Clare and Rosemary spoke very proficiently about the services that Ynys Mon Mind provides and the general experiences of mental health service users. I was able to give a short 5 minute talk about my own experiences of volunteering for Ynys Mon Mind and how I have managed to cope with living with bipolar for the past few years. I also talked about the nature of psychosis which I think the audience found quite interesting! Standing up and talking about my own mental health I found to be quite liberating and I look forward to having the opportunity to do this again sometime. Well that is all for now, until next month. All the best. Carl.

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Carl’s Bipolar Blog:

Well the Anglesey Show on the 11th and 12th of August 2009 proved to be a really interesting experience. I really enjoyed promoting our rural outreach ‘Wellbeing Bus’ and helping to sell the handmade cards that our volunteers had produced. I managed to inform quite a few people about mental health issues and general wellbeing and really enjoyed the general atmosphere of the show. Next to our stand was a dog brush salesman and a pot and pan salesman and I enjoyed watching their sales pitches during the show!

Our rural outreach service will be launching in September and I hope to use a hand puppet called ‘Dylon the Depressed Dragon’ to promote positive mental wellbeing! We also have our ‘Drink and Donate’ evening at the Oriel Ynys Mon Art Gallery this August and I will report in next month’s blog how this evening went. So until next time, enjoy the rest of the summer.

Happy Holidays,
Warm Regards,

Carl

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