MOVE FROM SURVIVING TO THRIVING.....
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ABOUT US
If you are someone who has struggled with enduring mental and emotional turmoil you'll know that mental health problems can feel just as debilitating as any other illness – only you cannot see it. Although mental health problems are very common – affecting around one in four people in Britain – there is still stigma and discrimination towards people with mental health problems, as well as many myths about what different diagnoses mean.There are also a lot of different ideas about the way mental health problems are diagnosed, what causes them and which treatments are most effective. However, despite these challenges, it is possible to recover from a mental health problem and live a productive and fulfilling life. It is important to remember that, if you have a mental health problem, it is not a sign of weakness.
My name is Garry Ellison and Recovery In Action is a project that I developed after being inspired by my own recovery from active addiction and mental illness. I am a trained mental health sector peer supporter. I also facilitate workshops around mental health recovery and staying well. Peer support and mentoring initiatives are my 'passion' and I have seen some encouraging outcomes from some of the projects I've been involved in. Indeed I have myself rekindled my strength and resilience in the past by receiving help from other service users as well as well meaning mental health care professionals, so I am particularly grateful to have benefited from this holistic approach to maintaining sustained well being.
Like all of us at at Recovery In Action as well as having a lived experience of using mental health services I also have a lived experience of finding identification, kinship and understanding among others like myself who were recovering and wanted to explore a life beyond merely surviving. We at Recovery In Action found that by mentoring others we began to have more faith in ourselves and we saw it could bring about a corporate sense of hope and encouragement that we feel is crucial in a world that will constantly throw up challenges. From this simple approach we experience a felt resilience to the challenges we face from time to time. With this new found resilience we have discovered we are more able to try new things or re-discover our latent interests and / or talents.
So we at Recovery In Action are enthusiastic about helping the people we work with explore positive change on their recovery journey(s). We have all 'been there' and know what it feels like to feel very uncertain, lonely and frustrated whilst in the grip of mental and emotional turmoil. We also know how great it feels to sense hope with the encouragement and help from others so we are always willing to do what we can to help ignite and 'sustain' that spark of hope in those we support.
My name is Garry Ellison and Recovery In Action is a project that I developed after being inspired by my own recovery from active addiction and mental illness. I am a trained mental health sector peer supporter. I also facilitate workshops around mental health recovery and staying well. Peer support and mentoring initiatives are my 'passion' and I have seen some encouraging outcomes from some of the projects I've been involved in. Indeed I have myself rekindled my strength and resilience in the past by receiving help from other service users as well as well meaning mental health care professionals, so I am particularly grateful to have benefited from this holistic approach to maintaining sustained well being.
Like all of us at at Recovery In Action as well as having a lived experience of using mental health services I also have a lived experience of finding identification, kinship and understanding among others like myself who were recovering and wanted to explore a life beyond merely surviving. We at Recovery In Action found that by mentoring others we began to have more faith in ourselves and we saw it could bring about a corporate sense of hope and encouragement that we feel is crucial in a world that will constantly throw up challenges. From this simple approach we experience a felt resilience to the challenges we face from time to time. With this new found resilience we have discovered we are more able to try new things or re-discover our latent interests and / or talents.
So we at Recovery In Action are enthusiastic about helping the people we work with explore positive change on their recovery journey(s). We have all 'been there' and know what it feels like to feel very uncertain, lonely and frustrated whilst in the grip of mental and emotional turmoil. We also know how great it feels to sense hope with the encouragement and help from others so we are always willing to do what we can to help ignite and 'sustain' that spark of hope in those we support.