Sectioned and Suicidal on an Acute Ward: Christmas as an Anniversary of Deep Trauma and Loss
To Robin – who helped me survive the terror. Christmas is a particularly difficult time for me… It was during and after Christmas 2008 that my severe depression and suicidality reached a critical point… Read more
Wishes for 2013…Find a Cure For ‘Normal’!
The new drugs (poisons) of the economic crisis and despair…
I came across this image in an article published online in a Greek newspaper (Ta Nea) on Friday 22 December. I thought it was a powerful image. The article was entitled ‘ The new poisons of the economic crisis are drugs made of bleach and battery metal liquids’. Read more
Merry Crisis and a Happy New Fear! Festive wishes from Greece…
A friend from Greece has just sent me the photo below…it shows graffitti on a building wall at the corner of a busy street in Athens…I thought it is brilliant…it reminded me of the wall graffitti that was everywhere when I was growing up in Athens in the 1970s and 1980s… Read more
Humour as an antidote to anxiety and dark thoughts?
I am a great believer in the importance of humour for good mental health. My psychologist once said that one of the first things/capacities that we lose to mental distress is the capacity to appreciate the funny side of things… Read more