14 Oct Part 5: broken wrists and submarines.
Recovery is complicated, difficult to describe and slow. This series of blogs about my experience of mental illness, is following a vaguely chronological path, but it hasn't been a direct route...
10 Oct Part 4: in praise of therapy
They say, a problem shared is a problem halved. I say, depends who you share it with. If you are sharing your problem with people who are weighed down by their...
10 Oct a beauty interlude:
"We were created for wonder but life can squeeze it out of us." Wonder is essential to living well. Beauty is necessary. Awe imperative. But sometimes you have to go looking for...
08 Oct Part 3: buckets
So i knew something was up. But I didn't have a clue about recovery - how do you go about getting better when you don't really know how you got...
06 Oct Part 2: difficult words
To start: a caveat. I am not a health professional. I have no training in mental health, or counselling. I am not a therapist. I only have my story. Although i...
03 Oct Part 1: The diagnosis
Last week, when it had to be pointed out to ASDA and Tesco that their 'psycho ward' and 'mental patient' fancy dress costumes were not acceptable, I decided I wanted...
02 Oct When things don’t go my way, or, Dealing with Disappointment.
A few things have happened this year that I have found pretty disappointing. I didn't get a job I thought I would get, and really wanted. Some funding I was expecting...
26 Sep The edit.
How do you decide which things to do and which things not to do? Which interests to pursue and which to abandon? Where to spend your time and your efforts? It...
25 Sep lifebuoy
Somedays you need rescuing....