It’s been month or two now since coming off the antidepressants again … maybe longer, I’m not really sure. It wasn’t an event I have marked on the calendar. Things have been ‘ok’. Life throws little challenges on a day to day basis and you deal with them. Using the proverbial toolbox to keep thingsContinueContinue reading “Into the storm, again..”
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#depression – How do you find hope when you are blind to it?
Hello one and all… Normally I try hard to tinge whatever I write here with a sense of optimism and hope. However, today I find that little four letter word, hope, a real challenge. I am faced with a real challenge that is difficult to see the seeds of hope within. The saying goes thatContinueContinue reading “#depression – How do you find hope when you are blind to it?”
#depression – Facts, Figures and the power of Knowledge #mhw13
Here are some facts from the Mens Health Forum, some make interesting reading, some are rather chilling… Men and mental health – the numbers Despite men and women experiencing mental health problems in roughly equal numbers, men are much less likely to be diagnosed and treated for it and the consequences of this can beContinueContinue reading “#depression – Facts, Figures and the power of Knowledge #mhw13”
#depression – Men’s Health Week: facing up to male mental health problems #mhw13
Men’s Health Week: facing up to male mental health problems We find it hard to think of men as vulnerable, and their psychological suffering is often overlooked Men’s Mental Health Week aims to understand the psychological and social problems men experience and offer support. Photograph: Gregory Bull/AP Over the past 30 years three to fourContinueContinue reading “#depression – Men’s Health Week: facing up to male mental health problems #mhw13”
#depression – Men’s Health Week 10-16 June 2013 #mhw13 #timetotalk
This one has crept up on me but now it is time to spread the WORD! Week of the 10-16 June, leading up to Father’s Day is Men’s Health Week.Focus this year is men’s mental health and the promotion of mental well-being and help-seeking in men. It is spearheaded by the Men’s Health Forum YouContinueContinue reading “#depression – Men’s Health Week 10-16 June 2013 #mhw13 #timetotalk”
#drepression – Men and Depression Help – Royal College of Psychiatrists – #mhw13
Having just found this ‘leaflet’ I thought it best to share it’s content and raise the profile further regarding men and depression, read, digest, learn and put to use… Depression and Men About this leaflet This leaflet is for: any man who feels depressed anyone whose husband, partner, brother, father and male friend seems depressed. MenContinueContinue reading “#drepression – Men and Depression Help – Royal College of Psychiatrists – #mhw13”
#depression – He slipped through my fingers while I held him!
You are NOT alone… YOU .. are .. NOT .. alone… Less than five minutes ago I learn that a guy I helped a few weeks ago, when he fell from his delivery van and injured his ankle, has commited suicide. The thing that makes me feel sad, a little angry with myself and wishingContinueContinue reading “#depression – He slipped through my fingers while I held him!”
#depression Who am I ? (Glue required)
Who am I but a flag blowing in the wind. I dare not say candle for the candles flame can be blown out. I fear that one of lifes gusts may blow a little too hard and extinguish me. The me inside buried deep yet exposed and afraid. After a good weekend with my girlsContinueContinue reading “#depression Who am I ? (Glue required)”
Reworking Joseph 