You are driving along, minding your own business, when some dropkick swerves towards you and yells something rude as he passes by. On occasions like this, it is easy to let the bad behaviour of someone else upset you and drag you down. Whether it is a stranger or a friend, other people’s meanness and …
There is a great lookout in Australia at a place known as Sublime Point. From the safe spaces at the edge of towering sandstone cliffs, you can look down from on high at a town called Thirroul, nestled on the edge of the Pacific Ocean. It was from this lookout that I had an epiphany …
Many famous and clever people have had something to say about kindness. Kindness is an inspiring and noble ideal to aim for, no matter your circumstances. None other than Plato himself, said “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” Plato was a clever bloke. Mark Twain, that great American writer said …
I have learnt to appreciate small things. Depression and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) take so much joy from life. Important things that once gave you great comfort and pleasure, seem meaningless when you are in the grip of the maelstrom. The effort and struggle it takes to reach those major moments seems fraught with …
The theory is that if you think about a problem long enough, you can come up with a solution. It is an appealing idea to believe that if you focus on an issue long enough, it will go away. This approach to dealing with things is called rumination. Rumination, simply put, is the thinking error …
What do you do when you realise that you aren’t who you thought you were? How do you move on when you can no longer do what you set out to do? How do you correct your ‘vision’ when circumstances conspire to change you? Persistence of vision describes the optical illusion where an image remains …
Home is both a physical and an ethereal thing. You can get on a train and ‘go home’. A handy person can even ‘build a home’. A home is something you can touch. Finding a home or feeling at home, is an altogether different thing. You tend to feel at home when you are safe …
Life isn’t always about what we see in front of our eyes. Sometimes life is about what we can’t see. When you are down, you can’t always see what is obvious to everyone else. It is not easy to make better decisions when we are affected by our own emotions. Sometimes our subjectivity colours what …
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NB: This blog 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. To say that you are going to weigh the pros and cons of Major Depression sounds like a joke …
Sometimes it all gets too much and you’ve just got to stop. Constantly being self aware, having strange, vivid, medication induced dreams, dry mouth, avoiding sadness, self criticism, exhaustion and crippling depression are just the start. Trying to appear together for the benefit of your loved ones and following a strict routine wears thin eventually …
