A few days ago, I was trying to walk home in the wind and rain. My umbrella kept on blowing inside out and I kept trying to fix it. I ended up losing one of my bags trying to battl...
How I wish the title was Dodging the December Depression instead, but no. This has happened to me a few years in a row now. Midnight strikes on the 30th of November and WHAM! I am ...
Having three jobs, albeit all part-time, can mean a lot of Christmas parties and in fact, we had two just last week. Add to work parties, the parties organised by church and friend...
Hello everyone.
I've started a daily poetry blog at http://versedindepression.blogspot.com. While it's helping me clarify my thoughts on my own condition, it's also designed to sup...
In 2011 I took a massive step. I quit my job, ended my relationship, packed all my worldly goods into my sister's attic and took to the high seas. Alone. Solo. Independent woman. I...
There was an interesting article on Stress/Well-being & Mental Silence in the Sydney Morning Herald - makes interesting reading - the links are on the bottom of this web page: Sear...
THE VOYAGE FROM ME TO YOU
..........A message Of Hope
.....Poems And Anecdotes About
................Mental Illness
read by John Garth Raubenheimer
........In aid of Charity SANE
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07.15 – Someone sticks their head round the door for morning medication. Their shrill voice pierces me from my nightmare, to the unwelcome knowledge it is another morning.
07.25 – ...
It's a cold clear day here in the Dales. In the distance you can see snow on the hills - mountains they call them here - of the Lake District.
My original "Voyage" was poems and a ...
It's good to have a project. I've now got a reason to get up in the morning (other than my job - or jobs!) And keeping well and fit seems to have a real purpose... I'm eating bette...