WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan)

I started the WRAP at the end of July – it is Shirley who runs the WRAP project in Mental Health PLUS. The WRAP is all about the Wellness Recovery Action Planning. You have papers giving you information on different things to do with mental health. It is all about how you are managing your illness and wellness. You can list things on each page, for example what recovery means to me – so I wrote down about 20 different things. It is also about your emotional, mental, physical illness or disability and ways of improving or coping with things like relationships, who supports you, and looking after yourself.

Since I started WRAP I have been writing a lot of things down. One thing I did do was to write five pages about what people have done to me, but I know that once I have done it and put it away, it is like, it is like putting most of your bad experiences on a shelf and you can leave it alone. Also you choose what you share and who with and which things are confidential.

Since I started my WRAP project. I have written things down that I can do and things that I can’t do. I have written down a list of my medications and a list of contact numbers. Since doing this I can look back at it and use things from it and it does help me a lot. I have no regrets at doing the WRAP course with Shirley.

I would like to say WRAP is working for me and it can work for others. If they want to do it I would suggest they speak to Shirley.

Thanks – Chris Whitney.

contact Shirley on 01625 663953