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Journaling – the art of self-protection and prioritising the battle to stay well above all else!
Since starting this new blog in January, I have been concentrating on discussing some of the mental health articles and news items that...

Tom Robinson
Jul 5, 20216 min read
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Trying to please others: a lesson in prioritising my own mental health!
It’s quite fitting that my last post was about ‘how journaling can help your mental health‘, because today I’m going to use it for...

Tom Robinson
Jul 2, 20216 min read
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Warning signs and triggers for mental illness: my latest charity talk with Stepney Bank Stables
I had some amazing feedback from a talk I did last Thursday for an equestrian charity called Stepney Bank Stables which I thought I would...

Tom Robinson
May 20, 20215 min read
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Mental Health Week: side effects of HDL and rTMS when compared to traditional psychiatric medication
To finish off this Mental Health Week series, I am going to briefly discuss the side effects of combined treatment with high dose...

Tom Robinson
May 16, 20214 min read
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The importance of a thorough diagnosis in bipolar disorder and major depression with mixed features
Yesterday I outlined a chronological history and progression of my bipolar illness as it happened over the last twenty years, and today...

Tom Robinson
May 11, 20215 min read
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‘Safe’ Z-drug sleeping tablets given to millions each year are as addictive as Valium
I read an interesting article last week which discussed the safety of the 'Z' class of prescribed sleeping pills and medications. Miranda...

Tom Robinson
Apr 28, 20214 min read
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Stress Awareness Month 2021
As well as being April Fools Day, today is the first day of Stress Awareness Month which is recognised globally and has been held every...

Tom Robinson
Apr 1, 20214 min read
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World Bipolar Day – we may have a diagnosis of BPD but why do we all experience it so differently?!
Bipolar disorder, formerly known as manic depression, is a mental illness in which the sufferer experiences extremes of mood that are...

Tom Robinson
Mar 30, 20216 min read
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The terrible dangers of using ketamine to treat depression: a medically induced horror story
Four years ago, I underwent ketamine infusions for treatment resistant depression, and it backfired so spectacularly that it nearly cost...

Tom Robinson
Mar 15, 20216 min read
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Sleep saboteurs: are the restrictions affecting our sleep patterns?
There was an article on the HuffPost site a few weeks ago which discussed the effect that the restrictions are having on our routines,...

Tom Robinson
Mar 4, 20213 min read
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General Sir Patrick Saunders opens up and urges others to seek help with mental health
There was an article in The Mail Online last week, in which an Army general revealed the problems he faced in relation to his own mental...

Tom Robinson
Feb 9, 20213 min read
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To nap or not to nap?
A few days ago there was an article I read in The Independent online claiming that Boris Johnson takes a nap every afternoon for anything...

Tom Robinson
Jan 25, 20212 min read
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