on diagnosis, treatment, and analysis of various mental health issues
Reason to go on: Bloody-mindedness Wanting to be back teaching but without the relentless pressures I’d had in my last post, I applied for positions with little responsibility outside my classroom. Even so, I only managed 12 months. In my second post the bullying by senior colleagues, over just one term, pushed me to the…
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Reason to go on: External Pressures Urged by family and school I applied for a place at Uni and even my psychiatrist thought university would ‘do me good’. One day I was on a hospital ward in Essex, the next I was being driven to the digs in Glasgow someone had arranged for me.Two more…
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what makes us go on? Fear? External pressures? Money? Guilt? Bloody-mindedness? Survival? While the answer will depend on the person and the situation, the bottom line is – we have to.The luxury of ‘not having to’ is so often dependent on also having the luxuries of autonomy and choice that most of us cannot conceive.…
Read MoreJust like the rhyme3 – 6 – 9work for me every time. Actually, any multiple of 3 is good. I feel more settled in a café when my table number, or the food order number, has a root of 3. When setting the cooker timer I choose the closest 3-root number to that required for…
Read MoreI wanted to emphasise that my poems are just that – a succinct way of expressing profound thoughts and feelings in a moment in time. I’ve received a lovely, personal, and caring response to my poem Reconnect that made me think about how others may have read it. Here is my explanation of my thoughts…
Read MoreOne of the biggest problems about self-harm is its taboo status. Very recently the tragedy of it hit the headlines. People, especially young people, were found to be searching on-line for information. Not for support. Not for self-help. But for information. The ultimate tragedy of that was the way it highlighted the fact that they…
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marilyn unmasked 