This month’s DAS podcast is all about anxiety and whether it is part and parcel of modern life. We talk about the varying levels; as of course this can be as mild as it can be severe. How do our lifestyles affect our own anxiety? How do we deal with the stress of the modern … Continue reading
This week the mental Health charity Time to Chance launched a campaign to “Take 5 on the 5th Feb”, meaning that everyone should try to spend 5 minutes of their day talking about mental health. Myself and my good friend Oli Regan, have made a couple of films of us taking 5. I hope you … Continue reading
Social politics is the underdog of the news agenda. These are the issues underneath the headline stories, they are the important issues more often debated in the academic worlds of philosophy or sociology than in newspapers or on the street. The types of politics that are a result of underlying social prejudices or subconscious believes; … Continue reading
I’ve got something to tell you. My mother has suffered with mental health issues since I was born. I have never known Mum completely free from her bipolar/depression/schizophrenia/psychosis. You see, she has been diagnosed and re-diagnosed more times than I care to remember. We have spent Christmases visiting mental health units and childhoods fighting stigma … Continue reading
Who is in coma suite number 5? The question this books attempts to answer over the next 337 pages. After a Tiny Bit of Marvelous, her first novel, Dawn French is becoming well known for her multiple perspective narratives. Seven characters weave together the person of Silvia through their accounts of experiences and approach to … Continue reading
So, I came out this week. The manager of the company I work for struck up a conversation with me about drug addiction and the physical effects of being high. I casually stated that it reminded me of my mother when she is in the throngs of a high episode. This then lead on to … Continue reading
Embracing wild time from step one
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