Staring at stats, & other random reflections

Well, I was hoping that sitting in front of a blank computer screen staring at a flashing cursor for an hour or so would trigger an exciting and interesting idea for a post, but sadly all I’ve actually done is play a lot of Solitaire.  Or, as a rather pedantic friend of mine insists, a [...]

I need help

Sorry for the week-and-a-bit’s silence, and sorry to say that this is going to be another whiny post.  Those of you who are not fans of self-indulgent whingeing should look away now.
At the moment I feel like I’m struggling to keep my hold on reality.  That’s probably far too dramatic a way of putting it.  [...]

Not a good time to be mental

I found out about this via a link from Mental Patient About Town’s ever-excellent blog.
A recent survey has found that attitudes towards those with mental health problems are hardening.  Apparently, 15% of people now feel that people with MH problems don’t deserve sympathy.  17% feel that there needs to be no increase in toleration for [...]

Am I Normal? Sexuality & psychology

I knew in advance that this programme would very likely wind me up, so I really don’t know why I sat down and watched it.
The programme in question was Am I Normal? on BBC2 on Monday night/ Tuesday morning.  (The link is to BBC iplayer: the programme’s available for the next few days.  It’s also [...]

You should read this

I’m reasonably certain that pretty much everyone who reads this blog also reads Mental Nurse and Mental Patient About Town, via whose links I found this, but in case not:
You should read this article from the New Statesman.  It covers some of the same ground to a post I wrote a while ago, which was [...]

How pathetic am I?

In the past 48 hours, somebody somewhere will have typed the final full-stop on the novel that everyone is going to call their masterpiece.  Someone else will have had an idea that in 30 years time will have changed the world.  A third person will have managed to get all the way through that tricky [...]