Reminders for 2013…
TO FELLOW SUFFERERS AND FELLOW TRAVELERS, JUST TO REMIND YOU…. Read more
Timely political satire pointing to the imminent dismantling of the NHS…
In a speech back in May 2011, David Cameron apparently said: ‘It’s because I love the NHS so much that I want to change it. It needs to change to make it work better today and it needs to change to avoid a crisis tomorrow’ (London Evening Standard, 2011). MyDavidCameron website does political satire and published the poster below by Beau Bo D’Or: Read more
Media Headlines Concerning Mental Health Service Users in England: An Alice in Wonderland Affair?
Looking at media headlines from 2011 and 2012 concerning users of mental health services in England evokes in me a strong, odd sense of living and operating in two parallel and contradictory universes – a sense of paradox that brings to mind Alice and her transportation from the boredom of her riverbank reality (she was sitting with her sister at a riverbank, the story goes) to the adventurous fantasy world of Wonderland…
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’!
Hi, fellow travelers and fellow sufferers… This is to wish you A joyful Christmas and New Year with good health!
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