What are Moodscope’s supporters saying?

Libby Purves Writer and broadcaster - BBC Radio 4

“Moodscope is deceptively simple to use but (thanks to the ingenious card-flip system) oddly impossible to lie to. So you end up with a remarkably accurate, and often surprising, map of the ways and reasons that your basic mood fluctuates. For anyone prone to depression, or indeed recovering from grief, life change or trauma, this is immensely useful. The buddy system can be a safety net (who wants to ring a friend and announce that it’s a bad day?). But even without, the self-knowledge without self-pity is worth having.”

What do Moodscopers say?

“Congratulations on Moodscope. It's a brilliant idea and I think it will do a lot of good.”

S.B., West Sussex, UK

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Clare Dolman Trustee - MDF The BiPolar Organisation

“Moodscope is a fantastic idea. Mood diaries have been around for a while, but in today’s online age, being able to click onto a site and update your mood chart in minutes is a huge advantage, and means you’re much more likely to keep your record regularly. The buddy system is also a wonderfully simple way of having friends and family look out for you without intruding into your life too much.

Members of MDF The BiPolar Organisation know the sometimes tragic consequences of the depths of depression: I’m sure Moodscope will help to save lives in the future.

I firmly believe that self-help is the way forward. Though many of us also need medications and therapies of various kinds, we can do so much to control our illness ourselves if we educate ourselves and we have the right tools to help us. Moodscope is such a tool - many thanks to Jon Cousins and the team for developing it.”

Simon Brett Crime and comedy writer - www.simonbrett.com

“The great thing about Moodscope is that at a glance you can view your mental state over an extended length of time. If you have bipolar tendencies, your chart reminds you that no mood lasts for ever. In the euphoria of a ‘high’ it does not allow you to forget that you’re also likely to experience ‘lows’. And in the ‘locked-in’ despair of depression your chart can show you that - however unlikely it may seem at that moment - the evidence is clear to see that you are also capable of happiness. This is a subject that I have explored further in my article on Writers and Depression.”