Out of My Mind!
Posted onReferring to somebody as ‘out of their mind’ is generally not intended nor received as a compliment. In fact, I expect that the title of this post would lead readers to […]
Referring to somebody as ‘out of their mind’ is generally not intended nor received as a compliment. In fact, I expect that the title of this post would lead readers to […]
I was always a thinker. Scratch that, I was always an overthinker. It’s not a choice, it’s just the way my brain works. Most of the time it’s a good […]
It’s been a very special week for me this week. Time to Change, the national organisation committed to increasing awareness of mental health and reducing stigma and discrimination, launched a […]
In 2006 I was transformed; painfully, permanently. That was the year I suffered a mental breakdown and spent the majority of the year surrounded by the thick fog of depression. […]
I’ve always been a talker, for as long as I can remember. Talk a glass eye to sleep I could. If it came into my head then, more often than […]
A recent conversation has prompted one of those deep and meaning(ful/less – delete as applicable) musings of mine. Oh how lucky for you that I have a vehicle to share […]
“Hi, how are you?” “Yeah, I’m alright thanks, are you? Well, no actually I’m not, I’m not OK.” I’m not OK. Three small words, yet three of the biggest words […]
“I’m Matthew and in spite of being here I consider myself to have a very blessed life. I am a single father of two wonderful children; I have a career […]
Raising suicide awareness Wait!! Come back! OK, so it isn’t the most enticing headline ever. The first thing I ought to say is that no, I am not suicidal. Far […]
Living with a black dog Winston Churchill used the metaphor of the black dog to describe his bouts of depression. In the only sentence I will ever be mentioned alongside Churchill, […]