Wellbeing stories

The second episode of our new mental health series focusses on the newly diagnosed and the impact an MS diagnosis can have on mental health. We hear from Emily and Will about what has helped them come to terms with their diagnosis.

In this podcast we discuss why mental health problems are more common in MS, Dr Anita Rose shares her top tips for taking care of your mental wellbeing, and Chris and Carla, who both live with MS, share their experiences.

This MS Awareness Week (April 20-26), we’re focusing on MS and mental health, shining the spotlight on the problems that many people with MS, as well as their loved-ones, face and encouraging them to speak up and seek support. Remember, it’s okay not to be okay​. Here, Carla King, who lives with MS, shares her experiences and offers some tips for managing mental health symptoms.

Clinical psychologist, Dr Sophie Day, discusses how self-compassion and resilience can help people with MS adjust to living with a long-term condition. She provides some practical strategies which encourage you to be kinder to, and more accepting of, yourself.

It's thought that sleep disturbances are experienced by around half of people with MS. We speak to consultant neurologist Dr Kirstie Anderson, who has a special interest in sleep problems. Here she talks about which sleep disorders are more common in MS and shares her tips for getting a better night's sleep.

MS doesn’t need to mean giving up the things that make you who you are. Whether it’s picking up a paintbrush or baking a cake; digging out your old sewing machine or playing an instrument, taking up a new hobby, or rediscovering an old one, can help you retain a sense of self following an MS diagnosis. Here, five people with MS tell us about their respective passions.