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I've suffered from various forms of mental illness my whole life - this blog chronicles my past, present and future (?) as I attempt to understand and overcome my illnesses.
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Moving, Uprooting, Shifting, Flying and Going Slowly More Crazy (If that’s possible)
If you had told me 14 days ago that I would be sitting in an internet cafe in Alice Springs, pretty much in the dead red heart of Australia about to commence a new job and a whole new life - I would probably have guffawed one of those huge belly laug...
Overdoses, ER and those awesome gowns which my butt looks so cute in…
So yesterday in a fit of hypermanic energy I wrote one of the most random posts I’ve ever written. It seemed like such a good idea at the time, a lovely little post full of spot on observations and theories about why it is so hard to ask for he...
If I were an apple this is how I’d feel…
If I were an apple this is how I’d feel… …or in other words a pictoral reflection of my currently changing moods. From LEFT to RIGHT A. Fresh, new, juicy, delicious, magnificently edible. It’s insides perfect and wonderful...
Why alcohol, medication, self harm, bipolar, physical and mental health problems do not a good combination make!
So there I am on a Friday afternoon in Melbourne. Completely knackered. It’s been a long day already and it’s only about 2pm! I’ve been bothered by a nasty cold all week so my physical health is drained, and what with the myriad of ...
Mental Health, Cancer and Art: Addy interviewed by Isabella Mori
As was mentioned earlier in the week my latest interview is now up and available to be read by all those who feel like perusing the random words of my good self. The interview was published on the blog Change Therapy, a fantastic blog aiming to makin...
The Neighbours of Ramsay Street take on Mental Illness
For those of you in the UK who don’t wish to know plot spoilers for your favourite Australian import, then look away. For those of you in the US who don’t even know what Neighbours is, it’s a weekday soap opera. For those of you who...
DeviantArt: MalvaAlcea
When I get into a mixed episode and find all the synapsies and connections in my brain sizzling out and overworking into their friend up mix of mania and depression, one of the things I do is jump onto DeviantArt and have a scout around for some trul...
The mixed episode - any thoughts, suggestions, ideas?
“In the context of mental illness, a mixed state (also known as dysphoric mania, agitated depression, or a mixed episode) is a condition during which symptoms of mania and depression occur simultaneously (e.g., agitation, anxiety, fatigue, g...
OurBipolar - A new community space for people with manic depression
It’s new. It’s exciting. It’s an absolutely brilliant idea! Have you been searching for a place where you can be accepted for who you are not what you are? A place where someone with bipolar can feel safe and secure? Well you have f...
Butts, streaking and fist fights (aka - being manic in Adelaide)
It’s October 2006… (If you have your copy of the album ‘Fallen’ handy, skip along to track 6 – it’s what I was listening to in a room lit with twenty four candles when I started writing the following rough scene breakdown for my novel ‘...
Chocolates, pills and whips: Happy Easter Everyone :)
Another public holiday, another religious festival, another day of me feeling like crap. Unlike Christmas when it was just me feeling like crap because of some godforsaken mixed-episode, which was much the same as why my New Year was also destroyed...
“Are you close to boiling point?” - Mental Health Action Week
MENTAL HEALTH ACTION WEEK 23 - 29 MARCH 2008 Don’t let anger get the better of you Next week is the Mental Health Foundation’s Action Week. The foundation uses this week to raise awareness of mental health issues across the UK. The theme...
What would you most like me to write about?
Well? Nothing wrong with asking a question now is there :) Take a moment to vote in this poll and then wait for the winning post to wing it’s way onto the site in no time at all. View this quiz on Quibblo More quizzes on Qu...
‘It’s been a year since the earthquake destroyed me,’
It’s been nearly a year since I was sitting on a beach in Port Fairy burning myself with a flaming stick. A flame which ignited the breakdown and the destruction of everything I had been building for 28 and a 1/2 years. When I think back on th...
The Stigma of Mental Illness
Some people search for obscure humorous videos, others scour the web for pornographic material. Me? I seek out interesting and new articles on mental health related topics. This morning I found a wonderful article written called The Stigma of Mental ...
I was once a Missing Person: Random Reflections of when I Ranaway
If you’re keeping up to date with the blog then you’ll be aware that I once ran away. There has been fleeting mentions of this particular period in my life in several of the posts. The most recent mention was in The Video Adventures of Ad...
Plunging into Depression
Every passing day sees my mood dip further and further into this pit of depression. It enrages me that people can believe depression is merely a state of mind when so many people in the world are suffering intense pain on a daily basis. There’s...
Men and Mental Health
I have a confession to make. I do. I have been lying to you all. Yep. Absolutely! I’ve been lying to everyone for the last 28 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and lord knows how many seconds! Now, a week or so before my 29th birthday I have decided to com...
Awareness Video #1: My Journey with Depression
The first thing I ever wrote regarding my history of mental illness was an article entitled My War against Mental Illness way back in October 2007 (I know it wasn’t all that long ago, but it feels like it sometimes). It was a rather cathartic m...
My New Home in my Journey with Mental Illness
So this is my new home. As I don’t actually have any place I can call home in the “real world” it’s nice to have a place to call a home in cyberspace, especially with an address that I can call my “own”. My decisio...
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I am more than my Depression #1: Faerie Art
One of my pet peeves about suffering from bipolar/depression is the constant judgement I receive for being a depressing man. I do not view myself as a depressing man, nor do I view myself as depressed. To say I am “depressed” or “depressing” ...
Addy's Faves: The Best of 'All that I am...'
I was thinking today, what if I were to compose a "best of" album from this blog? Which posts would I single out as my favourites to have the honour of appearing on a compilation of my favourite work?Well, this would be my selection: [in chronologica...
Mental Health in Film & TV #1: "Takin' Over the Asylum" (BBC Scotland)
The show, first screened in 1994, is generally considered to be one of the finest television shows dealing with mental illness. Virtually everyone who has seen it acknowledges it as brilliant, and yet, despite a cast of excellent (and well known) act...
Smoking and Mental Illness
A report from SANE Australia claims that 40% of smokers have a mental illness.I can believe this completely - we have to do something to help control the stress and frustration. In fact a lot of people with mental illness would very much like to quit...
