Gathering the orders for a takeaway Wagamama I remember my daughter's cautionary warning about the "Hot Chicken Katsu Curry", so I'm surprised when she, like me, chooses it. "This is as much adrenaline as I want," she says and we laugh our way through what is, even for someone who enjoys heat, a … [Read more...] about Adrenaline Junkie
Self Acceptance
Sitting In Dry Dock
On a train from London, the darkness flies past studded by lights from suburban windows. I'm reading a report about an imminent slump in property prices and I think about the house that my late in-laws have, in the recent past, left uninhabited but far from empty. The furniture is gone but … [Read more...] about Sitting In Dry Dock
Anxiety And Overripe Bananas
The dogs won't stop wrestling on the bed while I'm trying to work. I lose patience and settle one of them downstairs. There are a lot of bananas in the fruit bowl and this makes me anxious because if there's one thing I can't stand more than food waste it's an overripe banana. While I work out … [Read more...] about Anxiety And Overripe Bananas
The Definition Of Recovery
I may be significantly overstating the value of this post if you've been attracted simply by reading the title but I've been thinking a lot recently about what "recovery" in a mental health sense really is and how on earth we "do" it. Two things this week have brought the subject of recovery into … [Read more...] about The Definition Of Recovery
Waiting For The Muse
I've been trying to write something all week and despite waiting patiently for the muse nothing much has been happening. This is no longer a shock or even a surprise. I have come to be quite familiar with the feeling of nothingness that invariably springs up just at the moment I am hoping for … [Read more...] about Waiting For The Muse