I have been through much in my short life. If you compared me to myself a decade ago, you would see a dramatic difference. That journey has left much damage in its wake. I have depression and anxiety and considered suicide twice. I changed my views on a variety of topics including religion, masculinity, sexuality …
Winston Churchill suffered from a form of Manic Depression. It affected him throughout his life, and he thought of it as his ‘black dog’. Churchill wrote to his wife, Clementine in 1911, discussing a German doctor who may help him and he said this: “I think this man might be useful to me – if …
Most of us have views on politics, current events, religion, society, morality and sport, and we spend a lot of time expressing these views, whether in conversation or on social media. We argue for our positions, and get annoyed if they are challenged. Why do we do this? The obvious answer is that we believe …
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I care a lot about my friendships. Friendship is a central philosophy of my life. They are the most critical interactions in my life. However, when I say that, I’m thinking of the top 8 friends. Those eight people in my life who make it worth living. These people understand all the elements of me …
If you could spend the rest of your free time in one place, where would it be? For me, it would be a library. Libraries are the places where I feel honestly at peace. The larger the library, the better. There is no better place to be than where the whispers of human knowledge are …
To my dearest lover I love you. It may be an obvious thing to state after our time together, but it is true. I love you, and I wish to say sorry. I’m sorry for my previous mistakes of which there are many. I am amazed by your patience, your dedication and your love. Because …
In the closing days of 2016, I made a naive assumption that 2017 would be the best year of my life. Have you ever done a similar thing? Naturally, I was wrong. 2017 would be a mixed bag for most of the year until I reached November 2017. That is when the year took a …
Why are you breathing? Apart from the obvious biological answers, do you know why you are alive? I didn’t for a long time. I was ignorant. The first time I ever thought about why I was alive was when my dad called me to his office (now my room) for me to watch the TED …
It was International Coming Out Day on Wednesday and I forgot. For one reason or another, I’d assumed it was later in the month and hadn’t bothered to double check. It is the reason why there was no blog article posted or even prepared for the day itself. I only realised because of social media …
In the summer of 2009, I walked to the foot of Preston’s bus station, stared up at the edge high above me and considered stepping off that edge. I needed to escape my prison of life, trapped inside a tyrannical closet of my creation and shackled to a religion that was slowly killing me. Three …
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