Category: Mental Health
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Invisible
You may never read this. These words may well remain simply in this notebook, undiscovered, unread, never seen by mortal eyes other than my own. So why write it, you may ask? Well, is it not in the nature of man to record his thoughts, to journal his life? I’ve never really kept a diary,…
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On writing about mental health…
I’ve been staring at the blinking cursor on a blank page for almost half an hour now. I’ve managed the first few steps in finally getting around to writing about my mental health; I’ve set aside time, away from distractions; I’ve made a fresh pot of coffee; I’ve gathered and read through some of the…
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Another chapter…
A couple of months ago I was asked to write “my story.” That may seem an odd thing to be asked; I’m not a celebrity, not a renowned sports player, business mogul, or community activist. In many ways there’s nothing remarkable at all about me or about my story. And yet we all, each one…
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The Mindful Photographer.
I’m an amateur photographer, one of many millions out there, each of us with varying degrees of knowledge not just about the technicalities of capturing images but also with vastly different reasons for wanting to take pictures in the first place. We all see the world differently, and some of us feel an innate need…
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Exercise Your Demons.
Exercise is not the panacea to better mental health, but then neither is anything else. It’s a proven fact – exercise does have benefits when it comes to a wide range of mental health problems. There is overwhelming evidence from years of peer reviewed research showing just that. The problem that seems to be becoming…
The Erratic Pen 