I used to have a much more robust sense of humour. I used to be able to deal with people I found difficult by taking the mickey out of them. I didn't get angry. I used to wind people up and laugh at them.
These days I get angrier quicker. Its not good as I used to be quite witty when I...
Not been on here for a while! Things have gone well of late. Very well. I am teaching. Working hard and hitting deadlines. Things feel more stable. Took my kids to Guy Fawkes night. Llots of fireworks and a fair and I took the kids on rides and stuff and I was on my own and I just felt...
Damn! this is good to read! Well done that man. The hard work pays off. Remeber when you get knocked down you are building the tools to get back up.
Admirable!
But this reasoning is false. You can have good times as you admit
"I work hard, I do good, I think I am getting better and then wham, right back down in the hole"
This sounds like you feel that having a setback invalidates the whole of your good work, and I don't think this is the case!
I...
Ugh! Horrible feeling. Do you get the sensation of falling away from the world and being enveloped in blackness?
Of course, manic is quite right. Its a panic attack. Its OK. Its something that happens and it is feelings. Feelings are not always to be believed. Just because we feel...
What a brilliant effort! Well done. One note of caution, beware injuries! Be prepared to stop for the required time period for the physical injuries to heal!
Hell yes!
When i was a kid you used to get the spinning plates on sticks thing on game shows. Hope you all know what that means... Anyway, managing your mental health is about keeping all the plates spinning. Its hard work! And sometimes plates get broken.
That journey to work is very important. I have a five mile cycle and I ride whatever the weather. As I am in the UK it rains. Anyway, the important thing is the journay and getting your head right for a day at work. At the moment I am having trouble as term has started and I will be teaching...
Very well done! I wish you lots of luck! Pat yourself on the back and get yourself a reward every friday night. I go shopping every friday lunch at the local market. I then cook on the evening and have a few beers while i am doing it. I create and then I eat.
Gunny, with regards to your CV, just fill the gaps in between jobs. i.e. move the dates until they are a few weeks apart and then say you went kayaking or something. Tell lies. It doesn't matter.
I have found work a major stressor! I have documented elswhere how incredible pressure at work with a bullying boss led to a huge return of my symptoms. I came out about my illness to my management and they used it against me, threatening my job, loading me up with unreasonable amounts of...
Well, it took me 13 years to get there! I can't say i should have gone earlier, but i think it might have been useful. My crash had a terrible effect on my mental health, and i lost my job. Then I lost my girlfriend. Then I started putting myself back together. Took a career change and went...
Last Sunday in fact. Its about 4-5 hrs solid driving from my place so i went for the weekend camping with the mrs and kids. It was the first time since 1996 April 22nd.
It was quite moving for me to be there. I was a right grouch getting there but once arrived I found the whole thing quite...
It is just a flare up. It will happen. It is normal that it will happen. Its a pain in the bum. But you can get down from it because you already have done. Now is the time to seriously look after yourself. Get a bit of meditation in. D some relaxing. Pamper youself and the mrs and...
JOY of joys! England win!
I am so glad this has coincided with me being very up in my mood.
This really is marvellous. Lovely to see Ponting get a standing ovation the other day. He is special. I mean, I always want him to get a quacker but he is a great of the game. Anyway
ING...
I am stunned.
It is a lovely feeling.
Mindyou, that Ponting lad. He could score 200 he could.
The game is not over.
And we should have played two spinners.
And we should have played Sidebottom at Headingly.
Broad strikes again! Hussey for a quacker! I love being wrong!
Amethist, we were right next to the river. Good for cooling the beers but terrible for midges!