In this episode, I talk about loneliness, and the misconceptions some people may have about what loneliness actually means, it's not always about being physically alone, one can suffer from loneliness when being around people. Also the various reasons and life situations of how loneliness can occur in a persons life, and the impact loneliness can h…

In this episode, I talk about workplace bullying, and specific types of bullying, and what affects it could have on people, their health and wellbeing. What makes a bully target a person, is it because of their weaknesses or indeed their strengths that they feel threatened by, there are many reasons this may happen, but on the other hand, there may…

In this episode, I talk about the ongoing stigma and discrimination encountered towards Personality Disorders, especially Borderline Personality Disorder, it's the most stigmatised of all mental illnesses. What ways can sufferers change these kind of wrong attitudes and wrong approaches that some mental health professionals have when dealing with p…

In this episode, I talk about a difficult and sensitive subject, childhood sexual abuse and the effects on mental health into adulthood. I think it's important for people who want to open up about such traumas are given the opportunities to do so, in an educational way within mental health services, to work together with mental health professionals…

In this episode, I’d like to give a follow up on a previous episode I did called 'Mental Health and the Covid-19 Vaccine'. Now this follow up episode is to remind people the importance of getting their vaccines and booster, and especially now with the Omicron variant and the speed in which it's spreading. As I'm a service user at Mersey Care NHS, I…

In this episode, I talk about dreams, what are dreams, do specific dreams give us answers in our daily lives ? I always like to go over every detail of a dream I may have, especially strange dreams. I got into the habit of keeping a dream journal when I was about 12 or 13. But the past few years I've not really continued writing down my dreams, as …

In this episode, I talk about in detail the life I had with my late partner Roger. Talking about this in detail, has been a help to me, as a way of healing from grief. Roger passed away from MND / ALS (Motor Neurone Disease / Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). Hopefully this episode would also resonate with anyone else that has had to go through somet…

In this episode, I talk about my experience of having low self esteem and my lack of confidence, what are the causes and why the need to feel reassured often, is it an insecurity or lack of confidence and what is the root cause. - Please support the Zero Suicide Alliance and access the free online training at: zerosuicidealliance.com --- Send in a …

In this episode I talk about the difficulty of being overly sensitive, highly sensitive, which coincides with suffering from trauma and Borderline Personality Disorder, and being unable to regulate my emotions. I also talk about Black and White thinking, and "splitting" as it's known to people that suffering from BPD or EUPD (Emotionally Unstable P…

In this episode, I talk about expectations that people put on others, and how difficult that can be, especially if someone is suffering from mental health problems, it can affect the person even more. Pressures and expectations from family, friends, peer pressure, school, work and so on. Trying to please people, not wanting to let people down. I al…

In this episode, I talk about how difficult it can be within mental health services for BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) service users to talk about racism to non BAME professionals, and how there needs to be a change in attitudes and overall culture within services, in order to empower BAME service users to openly talk about how racism affe…

In this episode, I’d like to talk about the Covid-19 vaccine, and how especially some people with mental health problems might feel hesitant to have the vaccine. So I just thought I’d talk about my experience of having the vaccine and the worries I had beforehand which also played on my mental health problems, hopefully by talking about it, it may …

In this episode I’ll be talking about digital inclusion, what is digital inclusion. The three main aspects of digital inclusion is: 1 - access, affordability and availability, 2 – digital literacy, 3 – application, applying digital technology into the workplace, workforce development, applying digital technology into education, into healthcare, and…

In this episode, I talk about the qualities of what makes a lasting longterm relationship and reflect on how my relationship was with my (late) partner Roger. I have nothing to compare it on, as he was the only longterm relationship I've ever had, well the only proper relationship full stop, the only love of my life, my soulmate... So my definition…

In this episode, I talk about the difficulties I went through over 20 years ago when I lived in Yemen, in my 20s. Difficulties in terms of my mental health problems, and being unable to seek the appropriate help for those difficulties. I worked in a political newspaper over there (The Yemen Times newspaper). But in terms of my mental health it was …

In this episode, I talk about appearance versus personality. What's more important to you when you initially meet someone, in terms of looking for true love, building up a possible relationship, and more importantly looking for your soulmate. Do you initially base your first opinions on someone's appearance or their personality. Me personally I go …

I recently had the opportunity to interview Gary Crosbie, who works as a Patient Advice Liaison Service officer, within Mersey Care NHS PALS and Complaints service. I asked him about his work in the organisation, to give more of an insight into his varied roles. And how his work has adapted the past several months during COVID-19. I've known Gary f…

Do you have any habits from childhood that have continued into your adulthood ? In this episode I talk about the embarrassing fact that my continuous habit is that I still suck my thumb (I'm 45 now). I often wonder what it's all about. Is it a habit or a need ? Is there a root cause ? Or just the simple fact I've never grown out of the habit. How m…