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YouTube video: how to combat severe depression & suicidal thoughts - please share, it can SAVE LIVES
I wanted to write a quick post this morning to alert my loyal readers to another YouTube video that I have been working on recently....

Tom Robinson
Apr 1, 20222 min read
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Suicidal people need so much more than this! We are failing people terribly and it's time to WAKE UP
I have now written over 200 posts on this blog this year. My initial intention was to do this so that I could attract the interest of an...

Tom Robinson
Dec 27, 202117 min read
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To bleed or not to bleed?! #postyourpill: a contentious campaign but a very important conversation!
This morning I'm reposting something I wrote on social media yesterday in conjunction with the #postyourpill campaign which is currently...

Tom Robinson
Dec 6, 20213 min read
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Mental Wealth Mastery Summit - opening a very important conversation around the future of psychiatry
Last week I attended the virtual Mental Wealth Mastery Summit which ran from November 19, 22-24th and proved to be an incredibly...

Tom Robinson
Dec 3, 20218 min read
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NHS wasting up to £568M a year on pointless pills: please take caution but be warned of withdrawals!
I wanted to add this post this morning since it covers a topic which I have been trying to highlight over recent weeks; namely, the...

Tom Robinson
Oct 20, 20212 min read
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The reality of the appalling mental healthcare system, determination to help others, & NLP lesson 4!
I have spent hours of my time writing over the weekend as I try to craft out another book proposal and synopsis for my combined...

Tom Robinson
Oct 4, 20214 min read
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Mental illness: the brutal reality that people have got to wise-up to!
I am having a break from the blog this week as I concentrate on a few other things, but I just wanted to add something about the reality...

Tom Robinson
Oct 1, 20212 min read
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World Suicide Prevention Day 2021: trigger warning - The reality of mental healthcare in the U.K!
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day and I really wanted to write something to coincide with it but I’m going to struggle because, once...

Tom Robinson
Sep 10, 20217 min read
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Mental health & the importance of preserving a peaceful environment: can we stop trashing it please!
I’ve purposely backed off from writing over the last couple of weeks, while I withdraw from the antipsychotic medication ‘quetiapine’...

Tom Robinson
Sep 3, 20219 min read
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Mental ‘health’ isn’t the problem! Mental illness IS! A dose of reality for anyone that's wondering!
I’ve been wanting to write something over the last few days, but because I’m trying to be the ‘expert of myself’ and put my own mental...

Tom Robinson
Aug 31, 202111 min read
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Quetiapine withdrawal continues: there is a light at the end of the tunnel, but I need way more R&R!
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...

Tom Robinson
Aug 27, 202110 min read
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The powerful Lion’s Gate: a perfect time to address the link between spirituality and mental illness
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’...

Tom Robinson
Aug 9, 20219 min read
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Voices of Courage: bipolar warrior Shaun Everett courageously shares his incredibly powerful story
Today’s post is especially important because it highlights a huge number of the problems and issues that us patients are coming up...

Tom Robinson
Aug 6, 20219 min read
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‘Veronika Decides to Die’ by Paulo Coelho: an incredibly healing experience!
I have done very little this weekend except rest and recharge which, as well as relaxing, has been so wonderfully enlightening and...

Tom Robinson
Aug 2, 20215 min read
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Book review: The Insomnia Diaries – How I learned to sleep again by Miranda Levy
There have been so many instances over the course of my illness when I’ve found myself struggling with my sleep. It always seems to be...

Tom Robinson
Jul 26, 20218 min read
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Surviving suicidal thoughts: five key words to hold on to in the darkest of times
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...

Tom Robinson
Jul 21, 20214 min read
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Critical psychiatry: discussing some of the conflictions within the medical profession
I am feeling pretty shattered this week because writing about psychiatric medications has coincided with my recurring problems and...

Tom Robinson
Jul 16, 20216 min read
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Quetiapine: the ‘zombifying’ drug that’s a nightmare to withdraw from!
I’m feeling pretty exhausted this morning because writing about medications and the problems that they’ve caused me over the years, is...

Tom Robinson
Jul 14, 20215 min read
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Psychiatric medications part 2: discussing some of the side effects and withdrawal problems
Yesterday, I discussed some of the issues that I’ve come up against in my hideous twenty-year psychiatric nightmare. The truth is that...

Tom Robinson
Jul 13, 20215 min read
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Psychiatric medications part 1: informed consent and the importance of the patient-led approach
The role of medications in psychiatry is a contentious issue and one which I have often felt hesitant about discussing. The reason for my...

Tom Robinson
Jul 12, 20215 min read
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