I was bricking myself about this session with C, after his apparent transference-related realisations at the end of the last meeting. I don’t want to tell him I want him to hold me, stroke my hair, soothingly kiss my forehead and softly whisper protective words in my ear. I mean, who would want to reveal such intimate and one-sided desires? [...]

A minor modicum of good news amidst the current ocean of thick, virtually un-wade-able, shit. And, indeed, my second post on benefits within a few days; how odd. I’ve had a brief look through the archives for a contextual post to this, and cannot find one. The best I can do is the review of [...]

Apparently the delightful George Osbourne, with the backing of both the Tories and the Liberal Democrats in their spectacularly beautiful little love-in coalition of joy, has decreed that from 2013 all claimants of Disability Living Allowance – new or existing – will have to undergo medical examinations. This is in order to weed out the dirty, scrounging malingerers that go about claiming DLA…you know, those bunch of work-shy, lazy twatbags that just cannot be arsed to work. [...]

I've Joined the Ranks of the Unemployed

As you know, I was at yet another Occupational Health assessment about three weeks ago.  I haven’t bothered to detail it as I knew it would feed into this inevitable post. It was a different doctor from the two I’ve seen before; he wasn’t quite as nice as the bloke from last time (who was [...]

Work Jerks, Shrinks and Iffy Psychotherapy

One of Dr C‘s minions phoned yesterday to report that an appointment has been made for me this Friday at 9.30am. Aside from being frightened of nasty Dr C and the possibility of yet another panel interview-esque meeting with her and Dr N, I am kind of angry.  I was referred to a psychiatrist in [...]

Mindful or Mindless? DBT and C: Week 14

I started writing the below on Thursday straight after C, but completely lost momentum at the bit where I was talking about telling C about my iPhone mood tracking from Tuesday.  I intended to write more on Friday, but that most horrible and frightening of things, real life, interfered. On Thursday night, I received word [...]

From Despair to Where? Who Wants to be 'Normal' Anyway?

Last night, I had my first real episode of (negative) mania and loss of lucidity since the birthday party incident.  Well, strictly speaking it was this morning – shortly after 2.30am, during a fairly typical night of insomnia.  I was in a frenzy, though the physical manifestations of it can’t have been that strong, as [...]

My maternal grandfather was a farmer.  He lived in a big farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, with an scattered array of outhouses, fields, evil cows*  and tractors. (*Literally; I don’t mean a group of cancerous old women – I actually think cows are deeply sinister creatures.) In one of the outhouses, out the back [...]

I tried to write this entry before but I hadn’t taken the time to investigate the workings of the WordPress iPhone app, and lost the entire fucking thing. I am mad, but I do want to record this matter, so I will try again. I went to the Citizens’ Advice Bureau today, to obtain assistance [...]

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