‘Christmas comes but once a year’. It’s a line from an 1851 poem by Thomas Miller. No doubt Christmas festivities were very different in the 19th century and probably only lasted a day or two. Now, the Christmas ‘season’ begins as soon as shops have taken down the display of pumpkins and replaced them with cards and tinsel. It’s …
Grounding techniques – what are they and how can they help when I’m anxious?
As a child I was a big fan of comics and one of the comic strips I always looked forward to was called the Numskulls. It was based on the idea that there was a team of little beings who lived in the brain of a person and from their headquarters, each department operated different parts of the body. Whilst …
Burnout.
‘You’re burnt out’. The doctor barely looked up from his computer as he updated his notes. Unspoken rage coursed through me. Burn out isn’t a diagnosis. Burnout feels like a weakness and I felt like it was my fault already. Rage at him was quickly followed by shame. How had I got here? I’d got my degree while working and …
MEN-tal health
MOVEMBER (that’s not a spelling mistake!) has become the month when some men choose to ditch the razor and sport a beard – or for those feeling even more daring a moustache, but what’s the point? The aim is to draw attention to men’s health – physical and mental – to encourage a conversation, a conversation that might save a …