Tag: Society
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Honour Suicides
Suicide is sadly very common and tragic to the person who attempts it and to any of those loved ones left behind. Suicide is the single leading cause of death for men under 50 in the UK. To often these days we hear of people in the media ending their life prematurely. My own observation…
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Lamb to the Slaughter
I think alot of neurotypical people would be depressed and suicidal in my situation. Apart from going to Church I’m ostracised from society and having my Mum and stepdad passing I am very much isolated. Some of it is due to my condition and some of it due to my economic standing. I struggled most…
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I Wrote to my MP
I recently wrote about the Benefit Reforms recently and how they could affect me. I think a 4 point score requirement for one descriptor is too harsh and excludes people with mental illness and autism who tend to be affected in more breadth across all the descriptors scoring 1 to 2 points. I know I…
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Difficulties with Coping
I find these days more than when I was in my early 20’s that I burn out much more quickly. Although I still suffered burn out after a few weeks or months these days in my 40’s it seems to happen in a matter of days. I have been learning to pace myself. I try…
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8 Months on from Prosecution
About 2 years ago I wrote about a situation where I had Psychosis in 2023 and punched a police officer in the A&E of hospital. Although I immediately sent a written apology the police decided to prosecute me. It has been a very stressful time with many court hearings. I was interviewed by a Forensic…
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Thoughts on Communion
I do appreciate participating in Holy Communion at Church on Sundays. I find with my condition and unemployment I am stigmatised and demonised by much of the media and thus society. Confessing our sins each week at Communion helps me let go of such negativity and ill feeling. Eating the bread and drinking the wine…
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Typical Days
I had a nice day today. Exactly what I needed. I went for a short walk and stayed alone at home. Watched Television, mainly dogs, The Simpsons and sometimes news on in background. I did reading of CS Lewis in Christianity. Will do some Bible reading shortly and prayers. That’s how most of my days…
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Hidden Suicide?
I have often blogged about my own episodes of psychosis, autism and mental illness experiences on Twitter and on this blog. The people I follow and naturally the algorithm serves up news of other peoples death by suicide, neglect or other reasons. Quite often I have noticed people that have killed themselves have had their…
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Austerity and Stoicism
Since the banking crisis of 2008, times have became increasingly more difficult for many people in Britain and the world. Since 2010 the “free at the point of use” NHS has declined as a health service where it is no longer number 1 in the world for many categories. The NHS waiting list was around…