Benefits of a binge watch

Books vs box sets: which is better? Gemma B considers the need for escapism in its different forms.

Anxiety About ‘Returning to Normal’

Teri considers a post-lockdown world as covid restrictions ease. She also provides tips for reflecting on what you’ve missed doing over the past several months of lockdown.

Surviving Lockdown at Home

Mike is a Dyslexia Scotland volunteer. He’s currently living in Australia. “Mike, why are you such an optimist?”, people ask me. “That’s just the way I am.” I usually chirp back (while silently thinking “because the opposite is too hideous to contemplate!) Nobody likes to be told what to do or where they can go.

Dyslexia and Anxiety

This blog was originally posted in May 2020. It’s been one of our most viewed blogs this year. With covid cases rising again and more local lockdowns being imposed, we thought it would be good to remind you all that you’re not alone while these restrictions are in place. I guess I have always been

Part 6: Anxiety About ‘Returning to Normal’

In the sixth in her series of blogs for Dyslexia Scotland, Terese Smith shares the counselling exercises that she’s using to help her in lockdown.

Part 5: Our Loss of Freedom

Welcome to Part 5 of the Lockdown Mental Health Series. If you missed Parts 1-4 you can find them here. Lots of people I talk to are getting increasingly frustrated with the extended lockdown, and no wonder. Just think about it – what do we do to punish people for really bad crimes? Or what

Part 2: The Human Need for Control and Certainty

Welcome to Part 2 of the Lockdown Mental Health Series. If you missed Part 1 you can find it here. I find the concept below really helpful, when we modern humans are feeling distressed for one reason or another. Remember we’re group animals, designed to live in small tribes, in nature, and that our brains have

Part 1: Unprecedented Times

Lockdown Mental Health Series: as it’s Mental Health Awareness Week, we have a special series of blogs that we’ll post across the next six days. Here is Part 1 of 6:  This blog won’t be related to dyslexia, but to a situation we all have in common right now and that’s the global pandemic of

Emotional Impacts of Dyslexia

The human cost of dyslexia is something we know too well, writes Dyslexia Scotland Volunteers Mnager Helen Fleming.

Growing positively from trauma

(Image standard copyright Dyslexia Scotland) Several years ago, I had some negative experiences in employment.  These were caused by my dyslexia and people’s unhelpful responses to it, both before and after I was identified.  In this blog post, I’d like to tell you about 7 things that have helped me grow positively from these negative