As we are currently towards the end of the 2017 Mental Health Awareness Week, I will tackle suicide and depression.
Last year in Japan, more than 25,000 people took their own lives. That’s 70 every day. The vast majority were men.…
Mental Health Awareness Week May 2017 (3 books on the loneliness of the sole survivor)
Every year, thousands of supporters across the UK take part in Mental Health Awareness Week. This year the week will take place from 8-14 May on the theme of surviving or thriving?
…Have you taken our new survey yet? Find out your good mental health score: https://t.co/VNqOAdsnIu
How to prevent depression
Depression is a serious illness that can affect the work power, family and social life of a person. This is why we don’t have to ignore it and hide it. It is important to know the symptoms, the causes and what possibilities we have to prevent it.…
Deep blue sea * Theatre
Sometimes I like taking advantage of the perks of having a Cineworld Unlimited card – it means I can go and see a theatre play, in the cinema, with only £8 (or abouts). I saw “The deep blue sea” a few weeks ago and it’s only now I managed to put aside some time and talk about it.…
Norwegian Wood – Haruki Murakami Book Review
Before I bought this book, I’ve heard so many things about it.
Publishing this book in Japan made Murakami somewhat a ‘literary superstar’ in his country. Out of all his works, i think this is the first and ‘only’ normal novel he has written.…
Hausfrau * Jill Alexander Essbaum
Anna is a bored married woman. Anna is passive and loves to see other take charge of her life until she decides she wants to have an affair. Anna has multiple affairs and then her life spirals down until she needs to take control over her own actions once more.…
Of Mice and Men * John Steinbeck
George and Lennie are migrant American labourers –the one alert and protective and the other strong, stupid and potentially dangerous. This is the powerful story of their relationship and their dreams of finding a more stable and less lonely way of life.…
Helping Yourself with Depression
If you’re currently feeling so out of it, totally out of your normal system and just basically hating and ignoring almost, always everything and anyone that comes along, try to get yourself checked by a psychiatrist because you those little mood swings and erratic Ally McBeal-ish behavior that you’re trying to ignore for some long may actually be symptoms of depression.…
Psychological Disorders
There are a lot of reasons people behave oddly, but most put it down to attitude.…