Maintaining Mental Health if frequently about resource management. Do I have enough neurotransmitter to do this task? Do I have enough bravery to overcome my anxiety to do that? Do I have enough attention to focus on this? Can I put enough towards remembering the details of this course, without having to pull the necessary … Read more

It is an important skill. We need to be able to express our reasonable needs and have them taken seriously. Seriously from and for ourselves. Seriously from our “family”. Seriously from our “friends”. Seriously from our government. Seriously from services. Too often, though, we feel that we can’t Speak Up. We fear that we are … Read more

While most people don’t need medicine regularly, the vast majority of us have benefitted from medication at some time or other. Sometimes the medicine doesn’t seem to do what we expect it to do, and that might be due to genetics affecting the way that we metabolise those medicines. Mast medications rely on particular enzymes … Read more

Over Emotion – Identifying the Adrenaline Crash When our bodies have all of the right biochemicals and our brains have the right neurotransmitter levels, we are a wonder of nature. Unlike other animals, we take in not only our surroundings, but also anticipate the future, guess at areas beyond our senses and make wise decisions … Read more

When I was born, it was clear that I had certain…. attributs. As such, part of the identity that placed on my birth certificate was “male”. My presentation certainly matches “male” and so most people assume that I am male. I’ve never got a test to check to see if my biological chromosomes or base … Read more

Sometimes Anger is reasonable, and sometimes it is not. Judging someone for being Angry may be reasonable, however, often it is not. Anger is an emotional tool to warn us that a situation is not good and may need addressing. A tool that we can use to address that problem is Aggression, which again can … Read more

Small talk is more than just polite nothingness, it helps us safely check in, helps us be social, and important helps us find interesting people. But only if we do it right. SMALL TALK! Hoo ha. What is it good for? Actually… The most common form of small talk is just an acknowledgement of existence.– … Read more

We’ve added a new Education Page, a Hearing Voices Primer. Our Primers are quick ways to orient to some of the important basic frameworks for certain complex mental health concepts. Check out the complete Primer here [Link] Here is a preview: Hearing Voices is a code phrase for someone who perceives (hear, smell, see, taste, … Read more

Over thinking is a part of anxiety, generally long term rather than recent. A brief on anxiety: Some anxiety is caused by over expecting past bad things to happen again. Some anxiety is caused by past compensating behaviours being poor for a stable environment. Some anxiety is caused by situational problems that may need addressing. … Read more

Anxiety – it can be tricky. Below is a quick and basic guide to addressing long term anxiety. For a deeper dive on Anxiety [Link] It starts with some CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), where we look at a combination of the thoughts and behaviours around the triggering things, in this case emails. If there are … Read more