Aethelread’s Adventures in Benefit-land

This is the second half of a post about the benefit system.  The first half of the post is here, and dealt with the issue in a fairly general way.  This half is going to deal more with my own experiences.  And, yes, you’re right, it is later going up than I said it would [...]

Lying, cheating scum

This post has been inspired by one over on mentallyinteresting.org - the particular post in question is here.  As with any post there, I’d strongly recommend you read it, if you haven’t already, partly because my post won’t really make sense without it, and partly because it sets out very clearly the reasons why the argument that [...]

Aethelread is much posessed by death

I’ve been thinking a lot about death lately.  Amongst us cheery depressives that’s not actually all that unusual (wouldn’t you just love to wind up sitting next to me on a long flight…?).  I don’t mean that I’ve been actively thinking about killing myself, just that I’ve been thinking about death and dying.

Looking back

Well, I’ve been having a look through what I’ve written over the last little while.  I was quite surprised by a couple of things.

This is why i resent my illness

This is why I resent my illness.
I’ve always been a little bit nervous, I’ve always been a little bit shy.  No-one would ever have called me the life and soul of the party.  (Or, if they did, you can be sure it wasn’t a very good party.)  But I used to be able to cope.
I [...]

Meeting Yvonne: talking treatments & the NHS

I had a first appointment with a Nurse Specialist last week.  Let’s call her…um…Yvonne.  In case you were wondering, her job title means that she’s a nurse who specialises in running group psychotherapy sessions, not that she’s a random member of the public who specialises in nurses.  You know, like someone with a uniform fetish [...]

Thus spake Zarathustra

Well, I was rather flattered to find that the mighty Zarathustra at Mental Nurse has included me in the weekly round-up of mental health blogs:
A newcomer to the blogosphere, Aethelred the Unread blogs about his history of depression. This week he is unimpressed by an article suggesting depression can be a positive experience.
So, I’d just like [...]

Surviving Suicide

This post is about my response to a programme I saw on the BBC last night called Surviving Suicide, not information on coping with suicide or potential suicide. If that’s what you’re looking for, google should be able to help you out. If you’re in the UK, you can watch the programme online for the [...]

What depression is actually like

 
Blimey.
 
I’m normally quite a placid person, but this article still seems to be making steam rise from my ears, even a few days after I first read it.
 
The article itself is all about how depression is really a good thing, and how those of us who are lucky enough to experience it end up wonderfully [...]

So this is me…..

Oh great, just what the world needs.  Another whiny blog by some tedious mental health casualty who thinks a psychiatric diagnosis gives him the right to whinge louder and longer than anyone else.  Get a life, why don’t you, Loser?

Is the statement above an accurate summary of your views?  If so, then I would respectfully [...]