Who’s a Brave Boy?
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‘I think you’re really brave.’ I’ve heard this a lot since I started writing about divorce and mental health. I always appreciate the sentiment but, truth be told, it’s never […]
Category: Mental Health
Something Changed – Embracing Life’s Unexpected Detours
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This post was originally written for Positively Positive. Change. Apparently we don’t do the change thing very well. In fact, somewhere along the way it seems that we became so […]
Vlog – Understanding Suicide
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One of the hardest things for us to understand is the feeling of being suicidal. We all know that life has its ups and downs and that we will go […]
Vlog – How Do You Support Somebody With a Mental Health Problem?
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Seeing a loved one struggling with a mental health problem is very difficult. People ask me how they can help a friend, partner or family member that is experiencing difficulties. […]
Vlog – Life, it’s Not All Sunshine, Palm Trees & Hammocks!
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Every day we see the highlight reels of countless people’s lives on social media. It’s good for us to share these happy times with our friends and family, but it […]
Vlog – Counselling: Know Thyself!
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In this vlog I talk about how counselling helped me, both to get through serious struggles with my mental health, and to get through a challenging life situation. The key? […]
Vlog – How it Feels to Live With the Black Dog
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My latest video discusses just how depression actually feels and why it is so, so far away from merely feeling sad or miserable. Imagine trying to ask someone that is […]
I Didn’t Want to Change, But Life Demanded that I Must…
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‘Matthew, you’ve changed…’ Yes, that’s right, I’ve changed. A lot. Depression and divorce will do that to a man, you see. Well, I say that, but that’s not necessarily true […]
Guns Don’t Kill People, Mental Health Problems Do!
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“We have a lot of mental health problems in our country, as do other countries, but this isn’t a guns situation…” Oh Donald, Donald, Donald, where do I start with […]
Mental Health at Work – Who’s Got Your Back?
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Mental health at work I’ve written a lot about mental health. You might have noticed. What I haven’t written about is attitudes to mental health at work. This is a […]