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Category Archives: Time to Change
Beer Goggles, Toolboxes, & Time to Change: World Mental Health Day 2016
I spent part of this year’s World Mental Health Day (WMHD) at the student’s union at Sheffield University. Each WMHD has a theme: this year’s was psychological first aide. Unfortunately, I thought it was the “wellness toolbox” from the wellness … Continue reading
Posted in mental health, Time to Change
Tagged beer goggles, cake, Doctor Who, drug goggles, mental health, mental health toolbox, nature, Peanuts, Sheffield, tea, Time to Change, World Mental Health Day, WRAP, writing
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Stigma & Spock: Sheffield Pride 2016
Warnings for: rainbows, poutine, an owl bag, & a giant chicken Each Pride I attend – yesterday was my fourth – brings something new: knowledge, locations, people, even food. To be present as the LGBT community struts its stuff is … Continue reading
Posted in Labels, mental health, Time to Change
Tagged aparthiad, Cancer, community, Labels, LGBT, mental health, owl bag, poutine, Pride, sexuality, Sheffield, Sheffield Pride 2016, Spock, Star Trek, suicide, Time to Change
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Black Cats, Stigma, & Sheffield, Again
We humans are creatures of associations. I was back in Sheffield yesterday: “back” in that I worked there for 20+ years, then had a break of two years or so. Then I was back again, for one very intense year, … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Cancer, mental health, Time to Change
Tagged beliefs, bipolar, breast cancer, Britain, cats, Jarvis Cocker, luck, mental health, poetry, Sheffield, stigma, Time to Change
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A Hole in the Breast is Better than Three in the Head
Warning: whinging, swearing, boobies, Smurfs. I’m writing this in the garden, though I may have to break off and go inside. Because it’s a mite chilly, & I’m nesh. Another day, another hospital appointment. But at least it’s a day … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Cancer, Labels, mental health, Time to Change
Tagged bipolar, birds, breast cancer, Cancer, cats, gardens, mental health, Smurfette, stigma, the Queen, Time to Change, writing
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Asylums & Libraries: “Unheard Voices of High Royds”
“Laziness … Mental Excitement … Novel Reading …” – Reasons for Admission 1864 – 1889 The first time I visited someone in psychiatric care, they were in Wayne County Hospital, in Westland, Michigan. Known throughout the state as “Eloise“, I … Continue reading
