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Any Questions?

by makeupandmirtazapine on May 16, 2013 in Miscellaneous

“Don’t make assumptions. Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.” ~ Miguel Angel Ruiz

Every week I check out the WordPress Weekly Writing Challenge for inspiration but I almost never end up writing anything for it. This week, however, the challenge is about adding forms to your posts, and there was a suggestion that maybe forms could be used as a way to connect with readers who weren’t necessarily comfortable writing what they had to say in the comments section.

This challenge actually got me to thinking about how this could be a useful thing for us.

I’ve received quite a lot of emails lately from people who wanted to ask me questions about my experiences with treatments, or talking to people about their experiences of mental health problems. There have been more from people who just had something they wanted to say to someone who they thought would get where they were coming from.

And that’s fantastic. I love hearing from you guys, in the comments, by email, on Twitter and Facebook; where ever. I also think it’s really great that people read this blog and feel that I’m someone who’s approachable and that they feel comfortable writing to.

But the writing challenge got me to thinking that a know a lot of people coming here looking for information, and this blog is quite big now; and I thought that it might be an idea to add a Frequently Asked Questions section to help people to find answers to the questions that I get asked a lot, more easily.

Either that, or, I was toying with the idea of running a question and answer style series of posts.

It needs a little more thought. But I realised that I could use a form to collect some feedback on this from you guys.

Do you think this is a good idea? If so is there anything you think I should particularly include? Is there anything you’d like to ask about? Is there anything you’ve been dying to ask me but didn’t feel brave enough to write in the comments?

Or, do you think this a really bad idea? Would you rather I forgot all about and stuck to just writing you whatever thoughts happen to be going through my head on a particular day? If so, I need to hear your input too.

Whaddaya think?

Public Service Announcement

by makeupandmirtazapine on May 10, 2013 in Miscellaneous

Okay, so if some drunken boys ever happen to give you a beef burger that’s been sat outside in the sun all day then cooked on a re-lit barbecue, at night, in the dark – don’t eat it.

Especially if the burger seems to be of an unusually squishy consistency.

Unless you’re really, really, really, REALLY desperate to drop a dress size.

Normal service on this blog will be resumed shortly.

Dancing Queen

by makeupandmirtazapine on May 2, 2013 in Mental Health & Wellbeing, Miscellaneous

“I have been told by people that I should not be seen clubbing with good-looking women, but I can’t see why not. Why be a pop star otherwise?” ~ James Blunt

On Saturday afternoon I was having coffee with a friend when I happened to run into a friend of another friend. She invited me to a pub she was going to in the evening with some people I knew, and then on to a club.

I went. I only intended to go to the pub, but I got there so late it would have been rude not to onto the club as well.

And it was great. I had a really good time. I danced for four and a half hours straight. I didn’t drink anything but water.

I didn’t freak out, or have a panic attack, or get paranoid by all the drunk people, the loud noise, or the smoke they kept blowing so much of that I couldn’t see.

Now, don’t worry, I’m not planning on turning this blog into a diary of every little thing that I do. It’s just that even a month ago there was no way I could have gone into a night club, never mind spent four and half hours in one; I could as easily have gone to the moon. A month ago I had a three hour melt down because my letting agent turned up an hour an half earlier than she was supposed to.

I haven’t set foot in any kind of club for at least two years. Between my broken brain and my broken body I just couldn’t have.

And on Saturday I went to one and was not only fine, I actually enjoyed myself.

And since I started writing here with a vague idea about helping people with information about being ill and recovering from being ill, it seemed like a mile stone I should mention. It is possible to get better enough to spend the wee small hours of the night in a darkened warehouse with a few of your friends, hundreds of strangers, a DJ, and a smoke machine.

Well, I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it.