I can remember clearly the day my eldest daughter was born. This is not unusual. Still, I remember my tears clashing against sterile, stainless healthcare like it was yesterday. I remember feeling both ten feet tall and completely vulnerable all at the same time. I remember the look on both my wife’s exhausted face and …
Struggling withmental health and depression is tough. Really tough. The first and best step is always to seek out a trusted physician. Assuming that you have already sought this help and guidance, there are other helpful approaches you can embrace. I decided early on in my journey that I would try any therapy that wasn’t …
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Life is all about patterns. Routine creates predictability. The recurring responsibilities and their inherent predictability end up being relied upon to keep us steady. The jobs that we complain about so often, end up becoming the foundations that keep everything in place.
I sit heavily by the side of life’s dusty, hot and rocky pathway. My blistered feet are covered in dirt and an ageing suitcase only just bears my weight. I sit morosely and watch others pass by in the flow of enthusiasm. They have clear directions in their heads and hope in their hearts, whilst …
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 …
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 …
