I promised I would be back on the blog at the end of this week with an update, and because I always try to stick to my word – here I am...

This week, I was supposed to be continuing on the theme of spirituality & mental illness, but I have had to think again because my...

I have no idea what’s going on this week but having been sleeping really quite well over the last few months, I am now back to not...

Before I continue on the theme of spiritual awakening, madness, and mental illness (which I will be returning to tomorrow), I want to...

I had not intended to write so much on the topic of psychology, mental health/illness and spirituality this week, but Dr Razzaque’s book...

Today, I’m continuing on the theme of spiritual awakening and its relationship to mental illness, and discussing a few more of the...

As I’ve been writing this new blog, which I started back in January, I’ve been reminded time and again, through my own and others’...

Today’s post is especially important because it highlights a huge number of the problems and issues that us patients are coming up...

Yesterday, I introduced the gut-brain axis and started to explain the importance of nutrition and its relationship, and influence on our...

Because we have such vast knowledge in the field of medicine these days, it’s now impossible for one doctor to know everything about each...

I wrote a very honest post, a couple of months ago now, which detailed my incredibly powerful spiritual experience of mania which...

I have done very little this weekend except rest and recharge which, as well as relaxing, has been so wonderfully enlightening and...

The second post in this new series called ‘Voices of Courage’ comes from a blog reader who very kindly reached out to me and offered some...

Today's post is not going to be anything like my usual entries because I felt really ill last night and have decided to just add a...

I normally prepare something for the blog beforehand, (or at least make notes) but today I’m just going for it freehand because I spent...

I am feeling pretty shattered this week because writing about psychiatric medications has coincided with my recurring problems and...

Today marks the first day of a new series of posts that I am including on the 'Dying to Stay Alive' site, written by other warriors and...

I’m feeling pretty exhausted this morning because writing about medications and the problems that they’ve caused me over the years, is...

Yesterday, I discussed some of the issues that I’ve come up against in my hideous twenty-year psychiatric nightmare. The truth is that...

The role of medications in psychiatry is a contentious issue and one which I have often felt hesitant about discussing. The reason for my...