People's Recovery Journeys
Nobody knows exactly
Arty-Folks will walk the extra mile alongside you to help you find your pace.
L.W. – “I’ve got a New Perspective.”
I would like to say I have not been very successful at formal education but it would be a huge…
L.S. “I felt I had missed the boat on all fronts.”
I was angry with myself because I had wasted 6 years doing nothing, just staying alive. I had no real…
K.L. “My thoughts about Arty-Folks”
I have been a member of Making Way group for 2 months now and the process of creating in this…
C.K. “A typical NEETS”
I am lazy, obese, uncooperative, irresponsible, a typical workshy NEETS (Not in Employment Education Training or Studying). I am sure that’s…
N.R. “My brain felt itching”
I don’t know what happened to me, why I got so ill. I had married the year before and I…
A.C. “Being patient with myself”
I started Arty-Folks just before Christmas together with a few friends. Perhaps not surprisingly my Arty-Folks mentor felt that I…
B.S. “Beating Depression – It’s my life!
I just couldn’t figure out what was holding me back. I had found Arty-Folks on the internet and I hadn’t…
S.M. “Living with Schizophrenia – I am doing my best!”
Don’t you think I am trying? You are telling me that I don’t live in the real world, that my…
R.H. “Feeling at home again”
I first came to Arty-Folks after a prolonged period of turmoil experienced while living in the north of England. During…
H.MW. “A roller coaster ride”
To someone who has never experienced these depths of darkness I would like to say ‘Don’t try to understand, you…
Stick by Me !
During Mental Health Awareness Week May 2016 we asked our members “Who has helped you through dark times and how…
S.B. “Always just an odd ball”
I have been with Arty-Folks for exactly 2 years and my mental health hasn’t increased much. Yep, that’s me all…
B.H. “I will just ride it out!
I was referred to Arty-Folks by the crisis team because they saw one of the paintings I had done at…
Y.K. “Definitely the right one!”
I started attending Arty-Folks not quite three years ago but I didn’t attend regularly probably for the first two years.…
J.C. “Sometimes dreams come true”
I still remember what things were like when I first started coming to Arty-Folks. I wasn’t going out much, I…
A.S. “I am a bubbly person”
I used to go to the doctors all the time, for anything, I think at that point I was looking…
T.B. “A new purpose in my creativity”
I used to wake up with a feeling of terrible dread and anxiety that wouldn’t go until the afternoon. I…
N.G. “Out of the blue”
I had done very well for myself but four years ago I was made redundant. I phoned my wife in…
G.P. “Music is my first love”
A friend mentioned to me that he found Arty-Folks had been useful to improve his mental health and I also…
W.A. ‘Don’t be silly!’
I was introduced to Arty-Folks by my Coventry Mind support worker 5 years ago. I would say that is when…