Category Archives: Self-Help

Mountains from Molehills 1: Brush Your Teeth

This could easily seem the daftest first step to getting well again. But this first step will set the agenda for the whole day. If you feel like you’re falling into a well where nothing is going right and you … Continue reading

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Mountains From Molehills

Doing a little each day does much, much more for recovery from mental ill-health then trying to do everything at once, or sticking all your eggs into one basket with something like medication. It is the little things that most … Continue reading

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Back to Reality

Getting myself back into the gear of wellness, I have recently been using a program called FreeMind. It is a mind-mapping program that does… well… just about what you’d expect from a mind-mapping program (whatever happened to the phrase Brain-Storm? … Continue reading

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Paper Prisons and Undrawn Doors

A monologue of writings from an unnamed prisoner. By Gary Watts. I am locked in a paper prison and no pen. I really want to draw a door, so I can escape and visit the amazing sight of my mind’s … Continue reading

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Funny Place

Those who have read my previous posts will be familiar with my Bipolar and my struggles getting what’s in my head down on paper 99% of the time. I really just wanted to elaborate on what is going through my … Continue reading

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Bank Charges A Disgust; Especially for the mentally unhealthy

I was pretty frustrated when I received my weekly bank account text message to find that, for the 3rd time in as many months, my account had exceeded its overdraft limit because of a direct debit. This meant yet another … Continue reading

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A Bipolar Computer Bible: Software for recovery and resilience

I am trialling my new re-organised PC set up to get things done more efficiently. What this really means is it’s an excuse to install loads of new things and spend forever trying to get them to work exactly right, … Continue reading

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