Overheard: Celebrating those battling complex needs while quietly lifting others over the wall.
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.” - C. Jung
Your scars are a blueprint. Thoughts? 👇

Overheard: Celebrating those battling complex needs while quietly lifting others over the wall.
“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darkness of other people.” - C. Jung
Your scars are a blueprint. Thoughts? 👇
Today, on October 15th, we’re marking Lived Experience Awareness Day. We want to say a thank you to everyone with lived and living experience who shares their expertise to support others and help shape better mental health services. #LivedExperience #MentalHealth
Today is Lived Experience Awareness Day.
At HUGG, lived experience isn't an addition to our work. It is part of who we are.
Today, we acknowledge that contribution and the difference it makes.
Lived experience matters. Lived experience is expertise.
A lot can get missed when research is designed around people but not directly with them.
Lived experience brings a different kind of knowledge into the research process. It can show researchers where protocol assumptions don’t match lived reality.
Really proud to see this study officially recruiting. It has been a long time in the making and I’m grateful to Dr. Jérémie Richard and the University of Ottawa team for building it with lived experience involved from the start.
Survey link is 👇
How can we support and hold space for those rediscovering themselves after life-altering experiences?
#LivedExperience #MentalHealthAdvocacy #Recovery
And don't forget to share this post with someone who needs a reminder💙
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Lillehammer’s “Other” Olympics: The Mad in Norway International Film Festival
By Arianna Astuni
madintheuk.com/2026/10/lill...
#MadInNorway #FilmFestival #MentalHealth #LivedExperience #MadActivism
New Canadian study now recruiting 🇨🇦
Have you received psychedelic therapy through a legal pathway in Canada?
Help us understand what worked, what was difficult, and what could improve future care. @uottawa.ca
15–25 min survey:
redcap.link/pace-ca
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#blackhistorymonth #sthelens #socialeconomy #LCRsocialeconomy #livedexperience
The pressure to turn lived experience into a story of purpose, strength or growth can make people feel that their pain needs a meaningful ending. How do we allow others to tell their stories without expecting them to find a lesson in their pain?
Article: buff.ly/7MywAJ8
🌍 Can’t make it to Madrid? Watch the Global Obesity Forum live online, for free, on 26 October from 14:30 to 18:00 GMT, as leaders and people with lived experience discuss progress on obesity ahead of 2030 📺 Register: https://ow.ly/Pp2H50ZWQGC
#GlobalObesityForum #ObesityPolicy #LivedExperience
💜 Peer support is lived experience in action!
Our Peer2Peer toolbox builds skills and confidence in peer support values and practice through sharing, listening and learning together.
Explore: bit.ly/Peer2PeerToo...
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At our CRF, participants and public contributors help shape research by sharing insights that improve study materials, research visits and the overall participant experience.
Lillehammer’s “Other” Olympics: The Mad in Norway International Film Festival
By Arianna Astuni
madintheuk.com/2026/10/lill...
#MadInNorway #FilmFestival #MentalHealth #LivedExperience #MadActivism
Giornata Mondiale della salute Mentale 2626: post generici "fuori tema"
#anguilla83 #WorldMentalHealthDay #SaluteMentale #LivedExperience #Riemersione
Explore the World Health Organization's 2026 campaign resources and guidance: www.who.int/campaigns/wo...
#WorldMentalHealthDay #MentalHealth #LivedExperience #BIIRGS