"Courage is not the absence of fear, rather it is the ability to take action in the face of it." I wonder if you are able to identify with me on this one? The odds are that you can think of something you are putting off - an unpaid bill, changing the address on your … Continue reading Procrastination!
#self-expression
The complete expression of one’s personality, interests, talents, ideas and beliefs. This is not just limited to the creative arts, but to being truly oneself in all situations.
Surpassing one’s label – ADHD
Relief flooded over me as I discovered I was not lacking or morally deficient in the ways I had come to believe. The Shame is still there today, but I can distinguish it and tell it to bugger off.
Survival living
A Databank is a repository of information on one or more subjects, organized in a way that facilitates local or remote information retrieval, able to processes a large number of continual queries over a long period of time. Imagine your brain as a databank storing information from past experiences coupled with an operating system tasked with … Continue reading Survival living
Stuck in wonderland…
"I'm stuck in this job," I said. Resigned - I did. We have all probably had situations where we felt unhappy, yet did nothing about it. Whether that be in our relationships, work, families or finances; it may have seemed as though we could do nothing. I have felt as though I have been held … Continue reading Stuck in wonderland…
Loss and looking for sadness
I recently read a post on loss, where a man described how he would press his face into his wife's clothing, desperately searching for her scent. What he wrote caught me off-guard and I have rarely had such keen identification. I would find my father's overcoat and press my face into its lapel, inhaling deeply … Continue reading Loss and looking for sadness
Is it right to write this blog?
I have chosen to write a blog; about the comings and goings, ramblings and musings of my mind... I have the arrogance to assume that you would want to read about me or the things that I am passionate about. Nevertheless, I am permitting myself this indulgence. I enjoy it and I find helpful to … Continue reading Is it right to write this blog?
The Mentalman's Journal 