So, since I haven’t written for a while I thought it was time that I did. Life has been hectic still since the last time I wrote about what had been happening. The last couple of weeks has been concentrated on getting assignments finished. The deadline is next Monday (July 16) I had 2 presentations […]
Life
Mental Health Inequalities
I am writing this post based on a report I have read from The Centre for Economic Performance and The London School of Economics and Political Science. he report is entitled How mental illness loses out in the NHS. The report goes through and talks about how mental health does in fact lose out. I […]
Lib Dem (Broken?) Promise
Let me preface this by telling you why I am writing this. Jamie is studying a course at the OU at the moment. It is a psychology course. Her first TMA is to read 2 articles and discuss them. She read bits from the article to me and then I had to get the link […]
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Weight Loss
So, I came up with the following slogan regarding my weight loss journey. It reads: You don’t have to eat like a rabbit, just don’t eat like a pig. Jamie thought it was funny.
Psychiatrist Visit
So, today I saw my psychiatrist in what seemed like forever. I think it might actually have been months rather than weeks.
He asked me how school was going. I told him that I had to apply for mitigation because of everything that had gone one.
I explained the situation to him and what the situation is like at the moment.
I told him about my disassociation
DLA vs PIP
So, I have been keeping a close eye on the government and there decision to move from the benefits system we have now to PIP payments.
It has been interesting, and also infuriating, to see how they are trying to address the issue of moving to single payments.
It is a system that needs overhauled – there are far too many abuses of the system taking place
Dachau Concentration Camp
So, I was out with a friend today and one of the things we talked about was the 2nd World War. We got onto this because he said he is going to Berlin.
It got me thinking about Jamie & my visit to Dachau Concentration Camp. So, I just wanted to share the pictures and my thoughts about it
So, we got to the camp and
Frustration. Grrr.
So, I received a letter this morning (that is attached) that says I have to attend a work programme. It annoys me because I am declared unwell enough to claim ESA yet am well enough to go onto this work programme. Do they not get people like me who aren’t able to cope!
It also annoys me because I know people who are on JSA (and have been for
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