I never thought this moment would happen. When I started out on this journey (I bloody HATE that word!!) of life (I hate that vague, meaningless-but-everyone -knows-what-you-mean phrase even more!!), I never believed for one moment, that I would be inspired and changed by such a film as Meet The Fockers.
Yes, I am sorry. Both [...]
Archive for the ‘Philisophical’ Category
25 Mar
I Like Calm and Happy
15 Mar
Self-Medicating through happiness
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As some of you may know, I haven’t took antipsychotic medication in over a year now. The initial reason for cessation was an overdose of Aripiprazole (Abilify) combined with Vodka and Paracetamol, and after being revived two things happened.
a) I felt a disgust and loathing-feeling for the tablets. Much like after being pissed out of [...]
14 Mar
Sources of Inspiration
Firstly, I must apologise for the dire lack of posting of late, this will hopefully change from now on. I’ve bought MarsEdit (the best blog editor for OSX ever) and so should feel inclined to get past writer’s block more often. Sorry once again, thanks for staying with me if you did!
These past few weeks, [...]
7 Jan
Opportunities and their influence
The title of this post is utterly and totally unrelated to it’s content, but ‘writer’s block’ took over. Firstly, a little update:
Weds 3rd January: I rang my ‘care’ team during the day requesting an emergency appointment with a consultant. I reported extreme anxiety, anxiety about anxiety (GAD, anyone?) and impulsive suicidal urges (for [...]
19 Dec
Medication (and the Lilly Story)
As you may be aware, yesterday it was reported that Lilly, the company behind the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa (Olanzapine) had been actively promoting it for uses other than treating ‘psychotic disorders’.
I was once prescribed Olanzapine. In fact, it was the first anti-psychotic I was given. The timeline was like so:
First ever appointment with [...]
9 Dec
Putting it into words
I have always been a great believer in writing. Words open up such potential and possibility for creativity and expression. Something which is only matched by art.
I guess this is one of the reasons I am writing the book. It’s a personal journey aswell as helping others on a journey they wish to take. Words [...]
8 Dec
Cognitive Dissonance
I just got to thinking about the cognitive dissonance in us ‘mentals’. I think that the CD in each individual will have different criteria and different perspectives but I would like to focus on one perspective I struggle with quite a bit.
Just to make sure we’re all on the same hymn sheet:
cognitive dissonance
–noun Psychology.
anxiety that [...]
7 Dec
Definition of Truth
It always appears strange to me when anyone describes ‘losing touch with reality’, stating it as if they themselves know what reality is and isn’t. I wouldn’t as much call it hypocrisy, as much as unwillingness to think for themselves.
Take the online virtual world Second Life. Suppose for a moment, hypothetically, that each character within [...]
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