It also made me emotionally constipated. I didn't give a shit for days I’m an individual of extremes. I’m a psychiatric nurse, living with clinical depression. I’m a father of three beautiful children. But I no longer have a relationship with them. I’ve been a victim of domestic abuse, but I am a man. I co-founded an international … Continue reading What Running out of Psychotropic Meds Taught Me About Life
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We Don’t Talk About Coronavirus Enough
Never say c’rona virus, that’s how I contracted it I can’t believe all these viruses and bacteria can just invade my body willy nilly. Makes me sick. If I’m not writing, I’m sitting staring out the window. And if I’ve still got time to spare after all that lot, then I’m at my local psychiatric … Continue reading We Don’t Talk About Coronavirus Enough
Self-Deprecating Humour Linked to Better Mental Health, No Joke
I wish I was smart enough to understand this Many of us assume self-deprecating humour is used as a smokescreen for insecurities. However, a study published in 2017 found that making yourself the butt of your own jokes demonstrates higher levels of contentment and self-assurance. I make loads of self-deprecating jokes, but I’m just not … Continue reading Self-Deprecating Humour Linked to Better Mental Health, No Joke
How to Live a Purposeful Life While the World Goes Down the Toilet
The importance of being kind in a world full of idiots In this technological age, we’ve never had so much access to news, pictures of peoples dinners and cat videos. However, our leaders are idiots. And the world is full of chaos. The Internet gives us a front-row seat to view the car-crash-reality TV show … Continue reading How to Live a Purposeful Life While the World Goes Down the Toilet
What Hate Taught Me About Love
It’s not as black and white as it seems Merriam-Webster defines love as a ‘strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties.’ Our own experience of love and how we define it is as unique to each of us, as our own humanity. For some of us love is a multitude of … Continue reading What Hate Taught Me About Love
The Importance of Gratefulness
How grateful living can change the world The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word grateful as follows: “Feeling or showing an appreciation for something done or received.” Gratefulness is an abstract noun formed by adding the suffix -ness to grateful. Simple as. But how is gratefulness important in our lives? The world’s entire population could not be … Continue reading The Importance of Gratefulness
It’s Hard to Give Up the Pursuit of Justice
But sometimes it’s about surviving At its height, the organisation I co-founded was international. We had a head office in London and a satellite office in Ontario, Canada. Via our social media outlets, we had an international reach to millions. We had a radio station, a helpline, a support group and a healthy number of … Continue reading It’s Hard to Give Up the Pursuit of Justice
The Greatest of Gifts
The gift of a loving childhood The following is my account of why I believe that a happy, healthy and loving upbringing is the most valuable gift one could ever have bestowed upon them. I am a psychiatric nurse. Each and every day I come across individuals who have experienced and been the recipients of … Continue reading The Greatest of Gifts
I’m Still Alive
Overcoming adversities to stay alive The above title refers to the Pearl Jam song Alive. The following paragraphs are an expression of what Alive has come to mean to me and how it has helped me overcome some of life’s recent adversities. Let’s start with the song. Alive was Pearl Jam’s debut single from their … Continue reading I’m Still Alive
You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
Grief and the hopes and dreams that are left behind I heard a song recently on a TV show. The song was When I’m Gone. A song with a mixed history. Better known to most as the Cup Song and featured in the 2012 film Pitch Perfect. Hearing this song reminded me of T. I have three beautiful children and … Continue reading You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
