by justinehardy | Mar 27, 2015 | Blog
Let’s talk about text Why we get so angry and hurt… Complex introductions should act as a warning that you are about to embark on reading a lot of waffle—a bunch of complicated theories that the writer may be struggling to get to grips with themselves....
by justinehardy | Mar 18, 2015 | Blog
Altering Ego…some of the lies we tell ourselves and others When humour is black it is also very telling. There’s the: ‘Oh, that’s my depression talking’ as someone tells a staggeringly negative story about themselves, the ‘me and my...
by justinehardy | Dec 1, 2014 | Blog
Pushing Back At times pushing back against the people who are supporting you can be yet another symptom of anxiety or paranoia, but sometimes it is an early glimmer of recovery There are times when having to tell people how you are feeling is just one more agony in...
by justinehardy | Nov 6, 2014 | Blog
And what about when the treatment doesn’t work? A lot is now written about post-traumatic stress, to the extent that most people are familiar with the idea that the deepest wounds of war and violence are to the mind. But that is an idea, a concept. I am not sure...
by justinehardy | Oct 21, 2014 | Blog
When the trauma takes over I would like to try and explain two things: what it is like having post-traumatic stress, and some basic recovery strategies. The first part is for those who are trying to understand what post-traumatic stress is. The second is for those...
by justinehardy | Sep 19, 2014 | Blog
So, what about… This comes as Part II of the previous post ‘Disaster’. It is about what happens next So, what about… …when the rescue teams begin to pull out, and the emergency aid drops of food and medicine slow down? There is an...
