Your stories

Zara talks about her experience of peer support and connecting with people who had similar experiences.

Laura, blogs about how attending a parent peer support group has helped turn her life around.

Rabia’s feelings of loneliness inspired her and a friend to start their own award-winning women’s group.

Nikki blogs about how starting a peer support group gave her confidence and an amazing group of friends.

Zoe was scared to seek help but ended up using her experiences to help support others.

Opening up to a stranger helped Victoria understand how she was feeling.

Sadia uses her experiences so that other women don't have to feel as alone as she did.

Jim blogs about joining his local support group.

Sue blogs about finding a place to fit in at her local peer support group.

Matthew shares why he's running the Bristol Half Marathon to raise awareness of Elefriends, Mind's online peer support community - and how Elefriends can help men speak out about their mental health.

Side by Side is project run by Mind in partnership with Bipolar UK. Here, Alice blogs about how the peer support group run by Bipolar UK has helped her.

Rajvi blogs about how sharing her experiences in a peer support group helped her regain confidence and eventually return to work.