I am now spending large amounts of time with autistic people, and it has thus become clear that I am one of them. I am, I think, only very lightly on the spectrum. I don't have the money to get an official diagnosis, but far too much can be understood in light of this for... Continue Reading →
Why we feel alone – and why it isn’t unhealthy to need people
In the world of work the message is, "if you work hard, you can make it big."
In the world of therapy the message is, "only you have the answers you need."
In the ideology of spiritual living, "you must find your own way."
Yet in reality - the greatest gift there is in life is connection.
So that was the holiday
Exploring the irony of working for a suicide prevention charity while going through my now annual 'festive depression'. Yeah, I wouldn't read it either...
Guest Post – Lady Anon – On abuse, forgiveness and a need for change.
A mother of an abused child speaks about the need for forgiveness if we are ever to stop the cycle of abuse.
10 tiny philosophical nuggets for a happier life
If you blame another for your suffering you also give them the power to heal that suffering.
Once you stop blaming, you can take back that power and heal yourself.
Teenage girls wax their bikini lines in teen sex shocker
Will Gardner (stupidly long job-title that basically means he 'protects' kids on the internet) says it's all down to the on-line porn, and that kids need 'to put what they are seeing into context.'
Exactly what context is this?
21st Century Love
A perfect body is like a blank page: it fills you with a desire to write, but gives you nothing to say.
Tautological truisms and two tiny posts – part two. Hurt.
Hurt people hurt people. If we hurt those who hurt they will hurt while they hurt. We need to heal.
Tautological truisms and two tiny posts – part one. 909090
90% of what 90% of people believe is wrong. 90% of all suffering is because of this.
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