Playgrounds and more new Laws

Read this morning that parents are not supposed to socialize at playgrounds. What happened to being a Democracy Thou totally understand and probably agree with this – can you imagine the damage this is doing to all our mental health. Wonder if we will become like Eskimos, the smallest bug will knock us over as […]

The role of Love in Mental Health

Not really sure how these articles appear on my homepage browser – but this one makes lot of sense. You don’t know how important you are to someone – just being there – more And in in this crazy year – self love is important -look after yourself to be able to be strong for […]

Please don’t forget others who Care

As we reach such large figures of loss around the World – whichever night you clap for your N.H.S. around the World – please don’t forget the Carers and those they support and the familys often unpaid who are also overlooked Carers. Not just for the elderly but also younger people – facing other challenges […]

Damning report finds ‘serious failures’ in NHS Mental Health Services

Analysis of complaints about care reveals ‘devastating toll’ of suffering and avoidable deaths “Vulnerable mental health patients are suffering serious harm, and in some cases dying, because of “serious failings” in their treatment, the NHS ombudsman has warned. The report identifies five “common failings” by mental health trusts that can lead to patients suffering distress […]

Mental Health Care Cuts and Segregation in UK

Wondered what people effected felt about NHS Trusts who supervise Mental Health Care removing option of service users to have meds delivered to their home instead also rationalising health care into Units run by technicians not nurses and pharmacists. Instead of encouraging integration into the Community using health care services available to everyone – instead […]

“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be” – Maya Angelou

“Susceptibility to Mental Illness May Have Helped Humans Adapt Over the Millennia” -Dana G. Smith – Scientific American Nearly one in five Americans currently suffers from a mental illness, and roughly half of us will be diagnosed with one at some point in our lives. “Randolph Nesse, a professor of life sciences at Arizona State […]

Good hearing could be a benefit of schizophrenia or bipolar disorder

‘People who can make out a conversation in a crowded pub are more likely to hear voices in their heads and suffer mental health problems like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, a study suggests.’ report by Jeff Farrell of the Independent more Could it also be true they are more likely to be sea sick – […]

All Political Parties – please stop spamming our home with Election Mail

Please use the money you are spending on marketing yourself instead on the NHS in particular on Mental Health Services. Your actions speak loud than Spam Mental Health – What the Politicians say they will do and the reality on the ground Would we have many of the problems we have in the World – […]

Why mental health first aid should be taught in every school – to the pupils and the teachers

“Of £250m a year originally budgeted for ‘children and young people’s mental health’, there has been a £77m underspend this year. These figures highlight the gulf between what Conservative Ministers promise on mental health, and what they actually do” more Neha Shah from the Independant Would also like an ‘Open Dialogue‘ approach to be part […]

Learn to think differently about yourself

“Medications are only a tool. Psychiatric medications are one tool among many other tools that you can use to recover. Physical exercise, eating well, avoiding alcohol and street drugs, love, solitude, art, nature, prayer, work, and a myriad of coping strategies are equally important to your recovery” “It takes a courageous human being to step […]

Henry’s Demons

‘Togethor, Patrick and Henry’s stories create one of the most compelling, nuanced and courageous portraits ever written about surviving mental illness’ The most painful part is adjusting and when you have managed to do this, you reallize you are very lucky.

Stress, fatigue, brain fog – an immune system gone awry

“Hypothyroidism, or low thyroid function, is a silent epidemic. What’s worse, in most cases, hypothyroidism isn’t rooted in a thyroid problem in the first place. It’s rooted in an immune system gone awry, but most doctors don’t test for the antibodies that show the presence of autoimmunity. Many people with hypothyroidism experience crippling fatigue and […]

Stress Literally Shrinks Your Brain

“We all know that living under stressful conditions has serious emotional, even physical, consequences. So why do we have so much trouble taking action to reduce our stress levels and improve our lives? … Researchers at Yale University finally have the answer. They found that stress reduces the volume of grey matter in the areas […]

The power to be vulnerable

the third part of a post about how to find your way back to a good place more i like to sit by the sea or at home being outside and just weeding – when need to feel grounded or anytime outside at night watching the stars for shooting stars in the summer or further […]

The Painted Brain … interesting website

Ozymandias – M.Joy on The Painted Brain Ozymandias – Percy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold […]

Free Mental Health & Debt Help booklet 2015

“It’s Mental Health Awareness Week. 1 in 4 experience a mental health issue annually, and those who do are 6x more prone to debt crisis. The most important thing to understand is you’re not alone” Download & share 44-page Mental Health & Debt booklet (UK numbers but good advice) MoneySavingExpert.com weekly email

If you want my vote

To encourage us to vote for your party in future UK elections, solution is simple – please put money, resources and latest research to improve Mental Health services in the community – not just dumb people with pills that impact their physical health and shorten lives. Have at least one full time fully qualified CBT […]

The Invisible Elephant

From Biopolar Whispers There is this elephant in the room, shes been there for years. She is an invisible elephant – no one can see her, but we all know she is there. She lives inside the walls of our home. She is in the air we breathe, she is in the foods we eat, […]

New mental health rights ‘proposed’ by minister Norman Lamb

Care Minister Norman Lamb said the changes would put people in charge of their care, and promote community support as an alternative to hospital. This means a lot – but hand in hand – real resources and funding need to be allocated in the community, to teams and GPs who hopefully work with mental health […]