

Standing out and the Law of Jante
Facebook has just reminded me of this piece I wrote 4 years ago on my personal account, before I had a blog. I still like it, so I'm...


Word of the week: alexithymia
What are you feeling right now? How do you know? Where do you feel it? How strongly or subtly do you feel it? How do you know what to...


All You Gotta Do Is Ask
My eyes would say -- "Thank you. I see you." And their eyes would say -- "Nobody ever sees me. Thank you." Over the summer, during...


Hearing voices
I've just been watching a new documentary on BBC3: "The Voices in My Head." The programme follows three young people, Kyle, Chaz and...


The dangerous illusion of control
"That terrible things happen to perfectly good people. That perfectly good people can make terrible mistakes. That the world can be...