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Category Archives: Mental health
Last year’s medical model – depression as part of the human condition
On Saturday I was lucky enough to attend the Annual Spring Conference organised by the Taunton Association for Psychotherapy (TAP). This year’s theme was depression and the day was marketed as ‘Dialogues Around Depression’ – a title which reflected the different … Continue reading
Vine leaves, dandelions and serendipity ~ my thoughts on the TAP conference
Reblogged from Zen and the art of tightrope walking: Vine leaves, dandelions and serendipity ~ my thoughts on the TAP conference There is a woman on the train with two small children. She’s beautiful, dressed in stylish clothes, her hair … Continue reading
Posted in Book, Dandelions and Bad Hair Days, Mental health, Reading, Writing
Tagged anxiety, Dandelions and Bad Hair Days, depression, mental health, Mood, Vivienne Tuffnell, writing
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‘London Snow’ and the joy of a trip to the capital whatever the weather
Last week I went to London and spent three happy hours in The Wellcome Library, taking advantage of their beautiful reading rooms. I was researching shell shock and PTSD to inform Shell Shocked Britain, the book I am writing for … Continue reading
Starting as I mean to go on…
Next week I am taking what is, for me anyway, a really significant step. I have to believe it is a step forward and although it is not exactly brave, it is taking all my courage to move further along a path … Continue reading
Posted in Book, Breast cancer, Charities, Dandelions and Bad Hair Days, Mental health, Random musings on family life, love the universe and everything, Writing
Tagged anxiety, breast cancer, depression, family, Felix Dennis, health, memory, mental health, Mood, Penny Brohn Cancer Care, Poetry, women's issues, writing
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Mental health guest post: on surviving using self-help strategies….
Editor’s note: Dandelions and Bad Hair Days has brought me into contact with some really interesting and honest writers and Melanie is definitely one of them. She is a freelance writer, mother and is currently working on her first novel. Recently … Continue reading
Posted in Dandelions and Bad Hair Days, Mental health, Writing
Tagged anxiety, bipolar, blogging, creativity, depression, health, mental health, Mood, personality, self-help, women's issues, writing
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‘Health anxiety’ or ‘hypochondria’? Fear or phobia, it’s a killer…
Perhaps my title exaggerates; perhaps it doesn’t. All I know is that whether you worry at every possible sign of illness and go to the doctors, or worry about illness and avoid the medical profession until a crisis occurs, these are … Continue reading
The start of a new collection? Guest post: Trish Hurtubise talks mental health…
Introduction Dandelions and Bad Hair Days: Untangling lives affected by depression and anxiety was published on 10th October 2012. Regular readers of my blog will know that many of the pieces in that book started life as guest posts on … Continue reading
10, 9, 8… Now the ‘clocks’ really are counting down for Dandelions and Bad Hair Days.
Well it is definitely happening now. No longer an idea, or a manuscript or a virtual, social media entity. Dandelions and Bad Hair Days is a physical book – with a cover and everything! It has an ISBN number, a … Continue reading
Posted in Book, Dandelions and Bad Hair Days, Mental health, Poetry, Writing
Tagged anxiety, Books, Brendon Books, depression, mental health, Mood, personality, SANE, writing
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Sarah’s story – family history and poetry from the darkest places…
In a previous post, I wrote of Sarah Hardiman, the first (and only legal) wife of my Great Grandfather George Hardiman. George Hardiman was a journeyman silversmith, born in 1839 in an impoverished part of Clerkenwell, North London. Sarah (nee … Continue reading
Temps Perdu – on deja vu and Dorothy Parker
I have been experiencing some odd feelings of deja vu in the last few weeks. Trying to explain them to a friend, I struggled and frankly sounded slightly odd. Perhaps this was because in every day terms we have come to use … Continue reading
