Tag: depression
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52and40/36 ‘Tis The Season
My mental health’s gone off kilter recently. As a health-conscious veteran of PMDD, postnatal and antenatal depressions, I know when my neurochemistry’s recalibrated in an unhelpful direction. I’m lucky SSRIs work well for me and I feel positive, mainly, about medical interventions. I like my life in full, balanced colour. So, while the palette reloads, I’m taking…
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Privilege as a Parrot
Are you sitting uncomfortably? Good. Then I’ll begin. It’s like that at the moment, isn’t it? That is if you haven’t absented yourself completely from the news and are staying engaged by degrees, trying to figure out what to do to help the world. Sometimes, things feel hopeless. Sometimes again, you realise rock bottom’s a great…
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52and39/43 Hunker Down
Autumn’s a time for appreciating contrasts. I’ve been walking and running more mindfully than usual, it’s easy to do in this season of wet pavements, dry leaves, shadowy buildings and bright mid-morning skies. The dog stops and waits for me to take photos or scratches his back on long grass or a tree trunk…