Toilet Headlines

Leading toilet paper manufacturers have criticised the UK government for not doing enough to stir up 'toilet paper panic' amongst the public, following reports that packets of premium toilet roll still remain on shelves in some supermarkets. The government has responded by imposing indefinite national lockdown from next Thursday onwards. You couldn't make it up! …

I’m Not Going

I'd pUt mY oWn FaMiLy On iT! These words ring out in your head,As you look down at the boarding ticket— 737 MAX; (The max, the max,It's the 'MAX' that does it!Standing blatantly as it does, for MAXimum profits); Oh the connotations that name conjures up…Whatever you do, from now on,It'll always be synonymous with …

Open Return

Rumination's creeping back in,—There we go,If I want a metaphor for the bones-in-back-garden story,That's the thing which I have in the closet,In the bulky sports bag stashed under the bed, And I guess the emotions are quite similar—This gnawing feeling,Twang of dread reigning back any positive emotions,Replacing them with guilt and shame; I just have …

F**k Off, Bones!

As he unearthed from the dirt, bones of a human skeleton,While crouched under the trees in the middle of the night, He questioned himself,What had he done!? Now this terrible dilemma,To confess or to cover up— The first would mean admitting to trespassing,In the garden of a house he should not have been, The second, …

Bricking It

I secretly love it when a big technology company,Accidentally 'bricks' everyone's machines (even when I'm a victim!); The big upgrade, announced with great fanfare,Is unbeknownst (yet) to you,Entirely premature…! 'Making the world a better place',One OS update at a time!We're going up a whole major version number, boys!Who's buying? The very next day…All of that …

My Mental Health Podcasts

I really want to give credit to and share three mental health podcasts which have inspired me over the last few years (in the order in which I started listening to them!): Faster Than Normal — I really like its ADHD-friendly speed and length of episodes! And there can be some really funny anecdotes with …

Reaching Out

There is nothing more humbling than hearing the difficulties of others,Than being the person whom somebody else is turning to,Hearing another's tears, as they're experiencing something you've felt, It's shattering, heart-breaking, a helpless feeling, I would go to the ends of the Earth to help somebody out of it,To listen to them talk about it,Anybody; …

Creative Moments

Creativity,Anchors me back into reality; When there are so many internal mental forces,Dictating where my time goes,—Once I've come out of one particular brain state,Whether it's anxious, unfocused, lethargic, When trying to follow structure involves too many demands at the moment,When lacking a structure leaves me feeling empty, once I can snap out of OCD, …

Intercision

What to do,When family is stalking you?When after too much trauma,You cannot hear from them? When you don't want to share anymore of yourself,Even when it's passive,Via observing your creations; Damn, damn, damn; I tried to cut the contact,Cut it cleanly,To separate myself,From that external dæmon, "Intercision was the process by which a human was …

Unheard Mind Podcast

I hinted at my podcast in a post the other day, but now I'm happy to share it with people! I started Unheard Mind Podcast about 2 weeks ago, to talk about mental health. I've done a few short episodes so far and I'm enjoying it. Here's a link to the podcast home page (with …