Monthly Archives: June 2013
24/06/13 The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step – Lao Tsu.
About a thousand years ago I was sitting in an office in Dunfermline’s Queen Margaret Hospital with my psychiatrist. I’d just been disabled out of my job as a senior social worker. I was lost. This was a job I’d … Continue reading
19/06/13 Normal
If only…. Last night Ella and I had, what I’d call, a grown up conversation. For the purposes of this it doesn’t matter what the guts of it was, but its the kind of normal conversation that that couples have … Continue reading
18/06/13 I’m not scared of you
Back in the ’80’s, when I was studying for a degree in psychology at the citadel of learning that was North East London Polytechnic, I filled my long summer holidays working as a nursing assistant at St Andrews psychiatric hospital … Continue reading
07/06/13 I remember when all this was fields
Dear God, thank you for all the sunny weather, but I think my body now has all the vitamin D it will ever need…and I’m a bit tired racing from shadow to shadow like some scuttling insect… I will never … Continue reading
05/06/13 One trick Pony
A panic attack isn’t very pleasant to witness – watching someone you care about fizzing out of control while you feel unable to help… However, no matter how gut wrenchingly uncomfortable the observer finds it, that is but a drop … Continue reading
Walk a Mile in My Shoes 