World Suicide Prevention Day 2018 (WSPD) I have to be honest that when I woke up this morning I was not in any way aware that I would be writing this blog…I was planning to write on my recent overcoming of a lifelong phobia of wasps…I’m very pleased with myself…but…
POSITIVITY: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN In my last blog I referred to loss and grief and the pain of losing someone or something. Today, I want to look at the other side of that same coin, the positive way of looking at life. To give us a scientific…
“Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them” (Leo Tolstoy) Personal Experience of Grief and Loss I get this physical pain in my heart. I get it when I know something…
“The unexamined life is not worth living” Socrates I sit here in front of you, a heavy heart I don’t know you, I don’t know where to start But it was suggested I come here Talk things through with a stranger, with you It seems so pointless talking to…
**Read Part One of This Discussion Here** The Importance of Psycho-education for our Mental Health. Panic attacks have presented themselves in the therapeutic space in my role as a Therapist. The first component of dealing with Panic is to engage in some Psycho-education. Essentially, this is describing what happens in…
Warning Signs Recently, I hurt my back… stay with me, this is still a piece about anxiety and panic attacks. My back went into spasm. I had very limited movement and was in acute pain. I did not realise at the time that the spasm was a protective measure by…
CONNECTION/DISCONNECTION There are Christmas parties, and lights, and merriment, present buying – frantic busyness as preparations are made and there are homeless people sleeping alongside this. I stood on Shop Street and watched the different versions of Christmas playing out before my eyes… A strange and humbling sight… I have…