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• Personal Account by Victor J.Kennedy

  Victor wrote a personal account which appeared on my blog and then disappeared when I hit the delete button in error. No amount of trying would bring it back, s... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• One Last Day

  

  The day before my husband died, we’d spent the morning walking on the beach and then eaten breakfast at a beach café overlooking the sea. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• What Exactly Does the Word Normal Mean?

  

  Stigma is defined as a discrediting trait that can reduce a whole, regular, normal person into a tainted one; an individual who has been discredited. This bring... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Profiling People with Mental Illnesses

  

  When a celebrity chef was caught shoplifting from his local supermarket, he expressed regret and cited stress and overwork as the reason. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Meet My Guest Blogger for Today; Victor J. Kennedy. A Personal Account

  Meet my guest blogger, Victor J. Kennedy, author of Hypomaniac – Mad in England My name is Victor J. Kennedy and I was diagnosed bipolar in 1996, the same year ... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Tips We Received Over the Years

  

  The way most parents behave when there is mental illness in their family is to shut down their emotional life. I know that because I did it – but was told to... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Acceptance of Mental Illness Can Only Be Helpful

  To date, there is no cure for mental illness and despite all efforts, symptoms may either get worse or improve. I think that it is as hard for the individual... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Take a Risk

  

  We all know that there’s no point in feeling sorry for oneself, is there? Go for change. It’s no good wasting energy on things we cannot control. We need to sto... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Explaining Alzheimer’s to Children

  

  Max Wallack and Carolyn Given wrote a book for children explaining Alzheimer’s called: Why Did Grandma Put Her Underwear in the Refrigerator? http://www.amazon. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• The Operating Theatre

  

  I had to have surgery on my shoulders after an acccident. The one side needed ligaments repaired but the other side was diagnosed as a rotator cuff injury... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• I’m Here for You. I Won’t Leave You

  Tom Ellis, director of Psychology at The Menninger Clinic said:I learned that first, you must remember that a person thinking about taking his/her life is not... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Do You Whisper to Him?

  Have you ever walked along thinking about your shopping list when someone you know who has a mental illness almost bumps into you? Do you whisper to him... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Can I Reduce That Stress?

  

  When life became unbearable, I had to learn how to reduce stress so I swam, walked and exercised. I went to a concert or a play, a movie or any place that helpe... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• At the Prom

  

  I was invited to a Prom in my junior year by this Guy named James. He has Down Syndrome and nobody wanted to go with him. When he asked me, I said; ‘Of... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• The Line Between the Rest of the World and Me

  

  Why did I feel a line between me and the rest of the world? Because my son was in a psychiatric hospita. I no longer felt like other people. I knew that I had t... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• A Year Later

  

  One year ago, the residents of Newtown Conncecticut, USA, were preparing for Christmas, when a young man burst into a school and opened fire at point blank... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Different Attitudes to Life

  

  I asked a group of students to list the Seven Wonders of the World and this is what most of them wrote: The Pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall of... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Please Treat Us as Equals

  

  People with disabilities are human beings, you know. They need to be kept safe from malice and abuse. When we meet a person with a disability, we all need to... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Sanity and the Loss of It

  Sanity is something that we all take for granted and I sometimes think that sanity is lost on the sane. When my son lost his sanity, it was difficult to grasp... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Advice from All Sides

  

  Over the years, I have heard that it is the simple things that count in life, so, when I feel down, I walk as fast as I can to the nearest supermarket to buy a... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2013 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY