Category Archives: Mental health

A year on from my breakdown

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

Summary Why recovery seems further away than ever. It’s been just over a year since I crashed and burned mentally. I’d like to say things have improved healthwise, but…have they? The thing with mental health is that it’s not like … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge, Education, training and exams, Employment and job hunting, Mental health | 1 Comment

Foxy and the dragon fairy

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

Summary The Diaries of a Fleet Street Fox – through my personal lens.  This isn’t a book review of Fleet Street Fox’s book in the normal sense. It’s more me trying to express how I relate to her as an … Continue reading →

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Patriarchy messes things up for us men too

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

Summary #Triggerwarning Trying to get my head around, and being influenced by a whole series of things my feminist Twitterfriends have enlightened me with It’s difficult to know where to start this post. I don’t want to get too caught … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigning, protesting and demonstrating, Education, training and exams, Mental health | 1 Comment

Which should come first, the chicken or the egg?

Posted on January 26, 2013 by

Summary My lost week I should be out and about somewhere in London with Penny and friends because it’s her birthday drinking session. But like the lemon I am, it completely slipped my mind as I woke up at some … Continue reading →

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Food wars

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

Summary While politicians pull the only two levers they think they have, the issue of obesity is far more complex. You may have seen the news over the weekend: One side proposed squeezing the benefits of those obese, while the … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, training and exams, Mental health, Party politics, Public administration & policy, Sport | 4 Comments

Am I living in a box…without a compass?

Posted on December 9, 2012 by

Summary Picking up points raised in Jon Worth’s Bored blogpost I read Jon’s blogpost, Bored, with interest. A strange-sounding sentence but it picked up on a number of things that I mentioned just over a year ago on the curses … Continue reading →

Posted in Business economics and finance, Cambridge, Mental health, Social media | 1 Comment

Parliamentary inquiry into private rented housing

Posted on October 21, 2012 by

Summary About time too – and you can submit evidence to it! The Communities and Local Government Select Committee is to hold an inquiry into the private rented housing sector. And not before time. All too often it’s felt like … Continue reading →

Posted in Campaigning, protesting and demonstrating, Charities and Big Society, Housing and transport, Law and legal issues, Mental health, Party politics, Public administration & policy | 10 Comments

A permanent state of tiredness

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

Summary Whoever stole my adrenaline, please can I have it back? I’m almost exhausted simply looking at this blogpost. This feels like the third night in a row where I’ve had zero sleep. The joys of having a main road-facing … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge, Mental health, Music | 2 Comments

School sports

Posted on August 10, 2012 by

Summary Why a policy of 2 hours a week alone is not nearly enough to get children to take up sports. A lot of political pies have been thrown in this debate: Should schools be compelled to get children to … Continue reading →

Posted in Charities and Big Society, Education, training and exams, Mental health, Public administration & policy, Social media, Sport | 2 Comments

Fighting mental exhaustion, depression and general lethargy

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

Summary How long will this process take? Some of you may not be aware, but I went through a mental health crisis a few months ago – a crisis that knocked the stuffing out of me. I can’t help but … Continue reading →

Posted in Mental health | 2 Comments