Time eats memories. I recall the circumstances and the events, but I can’t place her name. Darren and I were living in our first house together, in Jesmond, Newcastle. It was a big, old and ugly place. The landlord had divided it in two by sealing off a central doorway; …
Me: Did you see what just hit me? You: I think it might have been a year. Me: What model? You: Looks like a standard model Me: Did you at least get its number? You: I think it was … 2011? I got asked last night whether 2011 was a …
“Understanding is a three-edged sword; there is your side, there is the other side, and then there is the truth.” Babylon 5. As the Robbie Williams song goes, lately I’ve been doing a lot of “thinking about thinking”. I’ve been involved recently on Facebook with a private support network of …
Monsters John. Monsters from the Id. On Friday morning, after feeling a little anxiety rising, I found myself again sitting down to another 50 minute session with my psychologist. We started talking about language and the way I ‘see’ conversations when I’m post-analysing, as a result of use of the …
In “Gay report shelved, say beyondblue ex-staff” (The Age, 30 September 2011), ex Beyond Blue staff talk of a report that was done into the mental health issues of the GBLTI community, which was subsequently shelved for around six months before finally being released without any media announcements. The statements …
The old idiom of “the journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step” doesn’t only just apply to physical journeys. Yesterday was quite a surreal birthday. The day started with a plethora of people posting happy birthday greetings on my Facebook wall (that continued right through until this …
There seems to be something suitably ironic in the fact that the first appointment that I could get with my GP in order to start the “I think I’ve got a mental health issue” discussion happens to be my birthday. Since it’ll be followed by a birthday dinner with my …
Earlier in the week I blogged about going to an RU OK forum, leaving with much food for thought, and needing to do some processing. It’s funny how you can come up with all sorts of rationales and sophist responses as a shield against facing up to reality. When you’ve …
Last night I went to the VicBears Open Community Forum for R U OK Day. Going into it, I wasn’t 100% sure what I’d make of it, and true to my introvert tendencies I sat, wallflower like, most of the evening, and absorbed what was being said for later processing. The …
So another year has rolled on, and I find myself reflecting on what I wrote last year, “Why I’m not proud to be an Australian today“. In reality, the same holds true for this year as did for last year. Sure, there’s lots of things to love about being Australian. …
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