People Who Love to Write

Have seen different blogs talk about benefits of writing and on the Arts.mic website they talk about James W. Pennebaker who has been conducting research on writing for healing for years at the University of Texas at Austin. “When people are given the opportunity to write about emotional upheavals, they often experience improved health,” Pennebaker […]

On transforming traumatic stress

Even on the periphery of someone else’s journey – you can get sucked in to traumatic stress, however much you try to keep calm. Someone sent me a link today to a book about recovering from traumatic stress. Time, talking, when you are ready and just being outside doing ordinary things seems to work for […]

Vitamin D – Could it stop modern diseases?

“An award-winning writer and scientist believes a deficiency of Vitamin D in pregnant women is behind the increase in conditions such as MS, diabetes, schizophrenia and asthma” Oliver Gillie – 2014/The Telegraph (to continue to read the article – you need to pay for a subscripton to the newspaper)

Gene variant linked to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and alcoholism

Noticed this headline online – and although reallise it is important to be cautious and not get excited at the possibility that new research may lead to a breakthrough in the treatment of schizophrenia – nevertheless it is nice to have hope. Remember hearing and reading about the impact of glutamic acid, a neurotransmitter in […]

London Road Regeneration

The Open Market area in Brighton is part of London Road Regeneration…more and the original market was established by returning WW1 serviceman The market is run as a social enterprise and the 12 studio workshops include ‘Open Arts’ that provides therapeutic support and social enterprise opportunities to people with Asperger’s, Autism and Learning Disabilities through […]

Strategy

Strategies – ‘taking care of yourself, keep busy, avoid triggers, don’t believe what voices say, use selective listening, support networks and celebrate each time you take control.’ Research shows 3-10% of people hear voices increasing up to 75% one off experiences. Voice hearers throughout history have included many influential people: religious prophets, doctors and psychologists, […]