Category Archives: Mental Health
Bipolar Wars: Failure to Compartmentalise
Recently I have had to confront the consequences of my ill health and begin to tackle a huge element of the sickness that falls upon me with ever-increasing frequency: my inability to compartmentalize the good from the bad. This is … Continue reading
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The Art of Shame: ‘What do you regard as most humane? To spare someone shame.’ (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Since writing my last blog post I have begun to think about the roots of shame; the cunning tendrils of guilt that invade the mind and poison the fabric of one’s being. At least that is how it has felt … Continue reading
Disparate Threads: ‘Arrange whatever pieces come your way.’ [1]
I aimed to write this post some months ago, after an experience in one of the more unlikely of places gave me something unexpectedly positive to hold on to. I believed this to be the piece that had been missing; … Continue reading
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Gulliver Unravelled 