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    Holding On – thoughts on suicide

    August 14, 2014 /
    A climber helping a companion over the lip of a rockface.

    I heard the news of Robin Williams’ death late on Monday and felt the familiar, hypocritical shock when I learned it was suicide...

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    August 15, 2014
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    Understanding Suicide

    August 23, 2012 /
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    Written in the days following the death of film director Tony Scott, this is the most "human" piece on suicide I've come across...

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  • Blog,  Borderline Personality Disorder,  Mental Health

    Living with Borderline Personality Disorder

    February 18, 2012 /
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    In my early teens I began to experience overwhelming, unshakeable mood swings that, like a lens applied to my perspective, coloured my life. I would feel them starting, a slow-motion crushing sensation, like being caught in an industrial compacter, and I would be filled with dread.

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    Goodbye Martin…

    August 22, 2011 /

    Today, K & I heard that a friend back in England had taken his life. Still in shock, we met at lunchtime to hug each other and fail miserably at answering all the silent questions behind each others eyes.

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