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Month: January 2014

What I wish I had known about SSRIs

Posted on January 30, 2014 by writehanded — 16 Comments ↓

I’m currently experiencing SSRI withdrawal – or what the doctors call Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Discontinuation Syndrome. To say that it is unpleasant would be somewhat of an understatement. SSRIs Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Mental health | Tagged antidepressants, depression, Mental health, SSRI, withdrawal | 16 Comments ↓

Zebras and Octopi

Posted on January 28, 2014 by writehanded — 1 Comment ↓

In my life, I’ve struggled with having a very black and white attitude towards many things. Things have always been either good or bad or extremely good or extremely bad, Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Mental health | 1 Comment ↓

How to Deal with Triggers

Posted on January 22, 2014 by writehanded — Leave a reply

I’m currently seeing a clinical psychologist. There’s a few things I’m focusing on with her, and one of them is distress tolerance. If you follow me on Twitter, you will Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Feminism, Mental health | Leave a reply

Why the ‘Gigatown’ competition annoys me so much

Posted on January 19, 2014 by writehanded — 22 Comments ↓

I know this is possibly a controversial opinion. I know that, in some ways, I should get behind my town’s push to win ‘Gigatown’ – the prize being faster broadband Continue Reading →

Posted in Politics | 22 Comments ↓

How to say thank you when ‘Thank You’ isn’t enough

Posted on January 15, 2014 by writehanded — 4 Comments ↓

You know how when you write or say a word over and over, it starts to look odd, and then you start to wonder if you’re actually doing it correctly, Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness | 4 Comments ↓

Conversations with Wolves

Posted on January 15, 2014 by writehanded — Leave a reply

Talking to you is like forcing myself through a very small hole in a barbed wire fence with the small brained certainty that the field on the other side is Continue Reading →

Posted in Feminism, Writing and books | Tagged Feminism, my writing, poems, poetry | Leave a reply

Fuck the fucking landscape

Posted on January 13, 2014 by writehanded — 1 Comment ↓

Considering the recent success of artists like Lorde and Eleanor Catton doing the exact thing I am about to criticise, – the exact thing I am guilty of myself and Continue Reading →

Posted in Writing and books | Tagged art, my writing, New Zealand, poems, poetry | 1 Comment ↓

Evening

Posted on January 11, 2014 by writehanded — Leave a reply

You out there sitting in the chill black grass just beyond the yellow fall of light from the kitchen window You know I’m watching wondering if the evening dew has Continue Reading →

Posted in Writing and books | Tagged my writing, poems, poetry | Leave a reply

Hysteria: Not so Historical

Posted on January 8, 2014 by writehanded — 4 Comments ↓

In the last year of being ill, I have discovered a disturbing pattern between the sharing of my mental health situation, and the disparagement – bordering on disbelief – by Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness, Feminism, Mental health | 4 Comments ↓

Posted on January 6, 2014 by writehanded — Leave a reply

Today I turned 27. It feels pretty good. I’ve had loads of energy the past few days – I feel a tiny bit like my old self. Despite the small Continue Reading →

Posted in About illness | Leave a reply

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