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Holding On – thoughts on suicide

A climber helping a companion over the lip of a rockface.
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I heard the news of Robin Williams’ death late on Monday and felt the familiar, hypocritical shock when I learned it was suicide…

Published August 14, 2014
Categorised as Mental Health Tagged depression, mental illness, suicide

Understanding Suicide

woman jumping from window

Written in the days following the death of film director Tony Scott, this is the most “human” piece on suicide I’ve come across…

Published August 23, 2012
Categorised as Blog, Mental Health Tagged depression, psychiatry, suicide

Living with Borderline Personality Disorder

fragmenting jigsaw head

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.

Published February 18, 2012
Categorised as Blog, Mental Health Tagged BPD, mental illness, Samaritans, Substance abuse, suicide

Goodbye Martin…

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.

Published August 22, 2011
Categorised as Blog, Mental Health Tagged depression, Health, personal, stigma, suicide, Support Groups
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