Here are two pictures. One from eight years ago, when my beeard still had some colour left, and a recent one taken on 31st October, just a few days ago. My face has not been so naked in a long time. The reason I braved the shave is Movember. What is Movember? You may well …
Tag: Mental Health
Suicide and Autism
Saturday 10th September 2022 is World suicide prevention day. TRIGGER WARNING: DO NOT READ THIS IF THE CONTENT MAY BE DISTRESSING. I shall put this up front: If you are struggling to cope, please call Samaritans for free on 116 123 (UK and ROI) or contact other sources of support, such as those listed on …
Autistic man locked in attic
MEDIA WATCH Autism is in the news again and it isn't good. It rarely is. Yesterday, 18th February 2022, a couple were jailed for 6 years each for keeping their son locked in a filthy attic. Matthew Langley, 22, who has learning difficulties and suffers from irritable bowel syndrome, double-incontinence and arthritis, was found severely …
Looking after yourself
That'sthe Olympic games over until Paris 2024, as well as great sporting achievement another theme has surfaced hereand in other sports, the need to look after your mentalhealth. Naomi OsakaImage from Wikimedia Commons Naomi Osaka was the face of the Tokyo Olympic Games. In June this year she announced that she would not be taking …
Tone it down a little please
World mental health day 2020 Saturday 10 October Let's end mental health discrimination. I dislike shopping, there is too much going on at once, and a lot of it is unnecessary. Do you really need to pipe music into toilets, how is the functionality of taking a pee enhanced by the tones if Michael Bublé or …
Where was God in this? Part IV, Hannah
Depression not moving On Tuesday 21st July in a conversation on Facebook on a discussion on "How Churchy are you" three of us got sidelined into abuse in charismatic circles, how people had been prayed for for healing or prayed for for deliverance for neuro-divergent or mental health issues. And then when nothing happened the …
Goodbye 2013
A retrospective. Goodbye 2013, I'll miss you. You were the year I started a job, in Leeds, after 7 months unemployment. You were the year I gained competency and sealed my year's contract. You were the year my contact was extended for a further six months. You were the year I took the risk of …
Making an ass of myself 