Mental Health
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The Emotional Risk Nobody Talks About in Men’s Groups
Put 15 blokes in a circle. Tell them they can offload. Tell them they won’t be judged. Tell them nothing leaves the room unless someone is at risk of harming themselves or others. Now watch what happens. You’re going to hear things that sit perfectly with you. Things you relate to, can understand, can relate…
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Being Nice Might Actually be a Trauma Response
I’ve spent years telling myself I’m just generous with my time. Helpful. Accommodating. Easy to work with. The sort of person who goes the extra mile without being asked. And I have been pleased with myself about it. It’s what people have come to expect from me. That story worked fine until I did a…
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I’m Struggling (Mentally) and I Don’t Even Know Why
I am struggling a lot lately. That’s the cleanest way to put it. Not in any obvious way. Just quietly, persistently, in a way that sits behind the eyes and won’t bugger off. And I don’t fully know why. Last August, in the middle of what I thought was a routine conversation, a GP looked…
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ADHD Hyperfocus, Lost Days and Microphone Testing
I found a voice memo from a few months ago and it nearly floored me. Not because it was dramatic. Not because it was poetic. But because it was honest. Brutally honest. I’d woken up at 6am with a simple idea. “I’ll just test a couple of microphones.” You know, for future YouTube plans. Sensible.…
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Phone Addiction Is Stealing Real Human Connection
You’re mid-sentence. You’re telling someone about your day, something that happened, something that matters to you – and they glance down. Just for a second. Their thumb swipes. Their eyes leave yours. And you stop talking. Not because you’ve finished. Because you’ve been dismissed. You know the moment. We all do. You might be on…
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Casualties of Misinformation & Psychological Impact
I wrote about a false Facebook post earlier. Someone with a platform and self-declared expertise posted statistics about UK Reform that actually came from Estonia’s Reform Party. Different country. Different party. Same name. When I corrected it with the source, I got blocked. In Brief: False information posted with authority doesn’t just spread lies, it…
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The Safe Space That Can Push People Closer to the Edge
We’re told that social media can bring people together. That it connects the lonely, offers comfort, builds communities. And in some corners, maybe it does. But in others, it becomes something darker, a factory of false hope. The Illusion of Safety in ‘The Safe Space’ I joined a group called The Safe Space. A Facebook community…
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Every Life Deserves to be More Than a Footnote
PS (at the top). Most people skim. Please don’t. Not this time. Every now and then, I find myself revisiting old music. Not just the familiar background noise of nostalgia, but something deeper. The kind of music that used to mean something before algorithms and playlists decided what we should hear. The Forgotten Ones: When…
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The Agony Of Hidden & Confusing Icons
I absolutely lost my rag earlier. All I wanted to do was post a quick message in a Google group chat, yet somehow I managed to post inside an existing thread. The layout looked exactly the same as starting a new one, so of course I assumed that’s what I was doing. Turns out, I…
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Your Brain Is Being Hijacked for Profit. Here’s the Proof.
In Brief: That viral post about Australian swimmer Mollie O’Callaghan threatening to boycott the 2028 Olympics over Lia Thomas? Completely fabricated. O’Callaghan never said it, Swimming Australia officially intervened to get it removed, and Thomas can’t compete in 2028 anyway because World Aquatics already banned her in 2022 after she lost her legal challenge. The…