There is power in knowing yourself. I’m not talking about how well you like your steak cooked or what your favourite sport is. I am talking about the subtleties of your emotions. Knowing those things that trigger you and send you downward. Those things that eat away at you slowly. I’m talking about knowing your …
If anything is a multi faceted thing, it would be identity. Many have argued that identity is beyond our control and to some extent this is true. We have no choice about when, where and into what circumstances we are born. All key factors in identity. Added to this, if we live an essentially honest …
Sadness is attracted to some people like a magnet is to steel. For them, everything is coloured through the dark grey lens of melancholy, even the good stuff. When people with a leaning towards sadness look back, they see nothing but misery. When they look forward, they see a future tainted by sorrow. This isn’t …
You never really know what someone else is thinking. Not really. Sure, you can almost figure it out with some people, you can read them like a book as the saying goes. Deep down though, despite seeming obvious, their mind will be somewhere else, having an existential crisis or figuring out how to fix the …
We all like to remember the good times. We like to mark the anniversary of significant occasions with a little celebration here and there. It’s nice to remember those times when we were at our best. If you were a sports person or an actor, they’d have given you a trophy. This remembrance approach is …
I wander through those places like a ghost. Meandering about in the past, expecting to find some value I missed the first time. Up and down pathways I trudge, yearning to see a long dead relative or a friend to guide me, but they are not coming back. All that is left are empty streets …
Comparison is a useful way to expose the differences between a point of view, a product, a course of action or even between people. The thought naturally follows that a brief comparison between one person’s opinion of their life when they are well and their opinion when they are depressed is a valuable tool to …
Life is pleasant, Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.” Isaac Asimov Many people, from Shakespeare to virtually every Counselor in existence, have at some point broken human life down into stages. The idea being that we can define our goals in life by the stage we are up to. The seven life stages …
If you’re lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad compny John-Paul Satre Most of us have a special place where we feel safe. A place where we like to go to shut out the world and be alone. Whether it is at your favourite lookout or beach, alone in your room, hidden in your …
NB: Whatever gets you through the night discusses mental heath issues. I am a writer not a medical professional., so If this piece causes any concerns for you, please see a Doctor immediately. This is always the best thing to do. Many years ago, John Lennon wrote the song Whatever gets you through the night. …
