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It's a year today that I was hospitalised but the memory is as fresh as if it happened yesterday.
I eventually returned to work though I insisted on a new line manager which I got whom was much more supportive and though she admitted she knew nothing about mental health she at least listened...
....he was right of course....my brain had taken my fear and gone on a bad rollercoaster ride with it without a shred of evidence to support it. In my hyperthetical universe this had taken place in the space of a day. Why didn't I just wait and see what the boss said on Monday? ....and as it...
"Can you come and see me in my office on Monday morning" for someone who suffers anxiety, these words send a cold shiver down my spine. My first thought is "what have I done wrong?" I then start scanning my memory to try and pin point the error my boss is certain to be bringing up on Monday...
Orange
The word orange didn't appear in the English language until the 14th century. Instead people would describe the colour as yellow-red this is also the reason why people are not described as orange haired but red or ginger. Ginger was in common use during medieval times due to the food...
1948
The oscars held its 20th award ceremony and Santa Claus won best supporting actor for a miracle on 34th St
No one won the Nobel peace prize (it was thought Gandhi would however he was assassinated in January of that year)
Velcro, bar codes and Scrabble were invented
Polaroid...
Interesting sayings from around the world
In Sweden if you say someone "slide in on a shrimp sandwich" you are suggesting they got the top job but not because they were the best person to do it
In Mexico if you say you are "wiggling the bucket" you feel like dancing
In Russia if you say " I'm...
Aside from being the answer to life the universe and everything 42 crops up in some interesting ways
42% of the London Underground is actually underground
A rainbows angle is 42 degrees
CERN and Google both have a building 42
Fictional FBI agent Fox Mulder's apartment number is 42
A...
Whilst I was glad to be out of hospital the world felt like a scary place. It was good to be in familiar surroundings at home and feel a semblance of normality but in my head my future was still uncertain. Did I still have a career, what would people think when I went back? The hospital...
Beer...
Guinness estimates that in the U.K. 93 000 litres of beer are lost in beards every year
Beer drunk first thing in the morning tends to be frowned on generally however Frederick the great advised his subjects in 1777 to drink beer in the morning instead of coffee. And whilst we are...
The staff looked after me and one male nurse would sit with me and explain that I was in the right place, I would get help and I would get out again and be happier. It took some time for me to accept this. For the first time I saw a psychiatrist and was eventually diagnosed with anxiety and...
I eventually I had a breakdown trying to deal with the ever increasing stress. I felt unsupported at work by a manager who didn't understand and just thought I was lazy, I felt if I lost my job (one that I enjoyed) my life would just come to and end, I'd be homeless and alone (none of which was...
My own journey of illness and recovery is a long one. I have suffered anxiety most of my adult life though I personally don't call it that. The dictionary definition describes anxiety as worry, it doesn't come close to what I have experienced, terror would be a better word. I used to have...
what is the first thing that pops into your head when you hear the words "Mental health"?
The responses I have had when I asked this question ranged from mad people, schizophrenia, illness, psychos, asylums and dangerous people. The vast majority in my experience were negative but mental...
OCD is an anxiety disorder where the sufferer can have unwanted urges or thoughts and which are distressing and worrying and to relieve these thoughts and anxiety they carry out certain routines (known as rituals) repeatedly. Theses thoughts can be harming a loved one, acting violently or...
There are various thoughts as to why Friday 13th is considered a bad date from there being 13 people at the last supper and Jesus dying on Good Friday to the knights Templar Being rounded up and arrested by King Phillip IV of France on Friday 13th 1307. In Spanish speaking countries Tuesday and...
The way I see it, if I broke my leg, okay so I'm going to have some mobility issues until it heals but chances are it won't adversely affect me beyond this. If I have a mental health illness it's not just my mind that is affected, as a nurse once said, what affects your mind affects the rest of...
In the UK according to statistics from various surveys over the last few years it is estimated that 21 % of the UK population had suicidal thoughts at sometime in heir life. About 7% of the population have attempted suicide and nearly 8% of the population have self harmed.
people contemplate...
Having a mental health illness is NOT a personality flaw nor is it a personal weakness in your character and anyone can develop mental health problems regardless of race, gender, social status, lifestyle, religious beliefs or wealth. Whilst sometimes in my worst periods I wish I did not have...
I can only talk about UK statistics but if you know them for your own part of the world please share. I will share my experience of mental ill health and what I have done to get help in hopes others will learn just as I did that you are not alone and you should not be ashamed of it and to help...
As it's Christmas ...
During the reign of Oliver Cromwell from 1647 to 1660 the word Christmas was replaced with Christ tide as mas was thought too much like the catholic Mass. singing of carols and eating mince pies or even celebrating it was illegal for a time.
Jingle bells was not written...