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Tag Archives: mentalhealth
Overload
This is a bit of a rant, you may disagree with it, and that’s fine… There is a friend of mine, a good friend, a friend I like very much, and with whom I share a great many foundational moral … Continue reading
Posted in depression, humanrights, politics
Tagged depression, life, mental-health, mentalhealth, politics, writing
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Caves
I am stood in the mouth of a cave. The cave is behind me. The cave is always behind me. I am not always stood in the mouth of the cave. It is my cave. Sometimes I take a step … Continue reading
Masks
This is a post about masks derived from an old posts about masks from 2017. In 2017 I was still writing the first Hannibal Smyth novel, COVID was yet to be a thing and I was not the same person … Continue reading
Posted in big questions, depression, opinion
Tagged depression, mentalhealth, opinion, writerslife
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The place I write from…
I like my anger, without it I am not sure who I am
I bottle it up in tight little jars. Seal it within myself.
Turn it, mould it, hammer it and temper it.
Then, when it can not be held down any more. When it has been refined to a glowing edge. I use it, and poor it into words.
My anger becomes creation, focused it becomes a positive force Continue reading
Posted in amwriting, big questions, depression, mental-health, opinion, writes, writing
Tagged depression, mentalhealth, samaritans, worldmentalhealthday, writer, writerslife, writing
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When a chap is not a chap…
An internet friend reminded me the other day of an important lesson we all need to take on board and remember. When I say all I am talking about 49.9% of the population though the core message applies to us … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, depression, Hannibal Smyth, mental-health, writes, writing
Tagged depression, despression, mentalhealth, reads, writer, writerslife, writing
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I’m not good, but who is.
When I was a kid at Pudsey park on the outskirts of Leeds, just across from the abandoned Traction Engine steam roller, in the main play ground there was a Helter-Skelter. It was a proper Helter-Skelter, a huge wooden construction. … Continue reading
Posted in big questions, depression, dystopia, insomnia, mental-health, opinion
Tagged depression, mentalhealth, opinion
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Mandolins and the 0.2 percent
For complicated reasons, this is a bit of a rant. If you are offended by rants about politics, you may want to read other, more entertaining posts, like the last one I posted with fictional rules for tea duelling earlier … Continue reading
Posted in big questions, blogging, depression, humanrights, humour, pointless things of wonderfulness, politics, rant
Tagged humour, mentalhealth, music, politics, rights
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Irrational typesetting hatreds
Bad typesetting irritates me, though that is an understatement. I should make a point of saying typesetting is a subjective matter. There is no such things as the ‘right way’ to typeset a book, and just because I consider something … Continue reading
Posted in amediting, amreading, amwriting, indie, indie writers, indiewriter, reads, writes, writing
Tagged amediting, dyslexia, editing, mentalhealth, self-publishing, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingtips
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The Anti-social Butterfly
I have jokingly referred to myself as an Anti-social Butterfly for years. It’s not really a joke of course, its is more of an apt description. I find people difficult at times because on some level I have always found … Continue reading
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Tagged mentalhealth, writer, writerslife, writing
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Occasionally, one is asked why…
Writing is, so E.L. Doctorow would have it, a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. As quotes go, I find that one just a tad depressing. Mainly because it has a smidgeon of truth to it, for me at least, I … Continue reading
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