Monthly Archives: July 2022

Patience is a virtue so the saying goes. Unfortunately when I am unwell I’m not very patient. I want to be well yesterday. Even though I am making small steps in the right direction I feel keen to hurry things up. All good things come to those who wait. Well I’m sick of waiting. I’veContinue reading “Patience”

Anxiety can sometimes be inexplicable. Creating problems where once there was none. Causing paralysis instead of action. Manifesting it self in strong body sensations like a pounding heart. A simple task like washing up has caused in me a great deal of anxiety until this morning when I finally overcame my avoidance of the task.Continue reading “Washing Up”

I find writing cathartic. A couple of years ago I started a blog using Word Press. I have no idea how to use most of the features available in Word Press but I muddle along. I even bought a Word Press for Dummies book which is incredibly long and detailed but am still no clearerContinue reading “Writing”

Yesterday fourteen years ago my father died. I miss him. He was a larger than life character with strong opinions and a great sense of humour. I remember sitting with him listening to The Goon Show on the radio. He would have tears streaming down his face whilst many of the jokes went over myContinue reading “My Father’s Genes”

It’s taken a long time for me to accept that I have a disorder that will be with me for the rest of my life. Bi-polar disorder manifests itself in different ways. Basically a person with Bi-polar will experience periods of mania or hyper-mania that is an elevated mood and times of depression, low orContinue reading “Acceptance”

For the last 24 years I have had bouts of depression and anxiety. The last few years have been particularly bad with one episode after another. I have had countless different drugs and treatments and several admissions to hospital. Now I am on another drug and holding out hope that this will help lift meContinue reading “Dark and Difficult Days”