So today I read the following passage; Please forgive me for what I said when I was at war with myself and projecting onto you.…
@tomMay 6, 2020
So, the other night I filmed and released on my Facebook page a short video talking about me, my life and medication. The main point…
@tomMay 5, 2020
As I sit here in my little office on Cotswold Drive I feel a great deal of satisfaction running through me. I feel great contentment…
@tomMay 4, 2020
Is there always a root cause for mental health issues? Well that is a question I struggle to answer. For me the answer is; there…
@tomNovember 6, 2019
Since graduating from my diploma I have found that I can withstand a greater degree of stress and more specifically a higher level of disappointment. …
@tomNovember 2, 2019
Here in the UK we moved the clocks forward 1 hour and it made me think about the knock on effect that a prominent wrong…
@tomApril 2, 2019
Last night was my fifth session in therapy, I had recently undergone a module on my course of CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) and I became…
@tomApril 2, 2019
I arrived a few minutes late for a funeral and when I entered the chapel the vicar was already conducting the service. I parked in…
@tomMarch 15, 2019
Today’s session represented good value for money. Mainly because I left without paying!!! But on a more serious note I did feel somewhat lighter after…
@tomMarch 11, 2019
I’ve posted blogs of similar content in the past but I feel I need to do another one, a more up to date one, after…
@tomMarch 9, 2019
Today one of my clients introduced the term ‘Mill Pond’ into the room. The term was used as a metaphor to describe the way people…
@tomMarch 9, 2019
Why are we here? Well what a truly magnificent question that is. As I grow and develop it is one I find myself asking but…
@tomMarch 5, 2019
So yesterday I went back into therapy. I was last in therapy in 2014 when I released my book and ended up in a crisis…
@tomMarch 5, 2019
What I am very interested about in the world around me is the difference between happy and sad. Content and depressed or anxious and relaxed. …
@tomDecember 12, 2018
I didn’t actually know Summertime Sadness was a real thing until I just googled it to see what came up, previously I just thought it…
@tomSeptember 22, 2018
I was sat on a bus today and I saw a wasp crawling on the window trying frantically to get out. What must have been…
@tomSeptember 21, 2018
In a world where many of us aim for a permanent state of happiness we are often disappointed when time after time this is not…
@tomSeptember 17, 2018
Well does it? That’s a very good question and one if do find myself perusing over ever more frequently. The fact that I ask such…
@tomSeptember 10, 2018
I have recently undergone my application onto Personal Independent Payment (PIP) after spending just over 8 years on the old Disability Living Allowance (DLA). I…
@tomSeptember 8, 2018
I may totally contradict my previous post where I talked about medication (www.graydays.co.uk/medication - 13/04/2018) and have deliberately not read it again so that I…
@tomSeptember 8, 2018
It is coming up to the time of year when people in the UK are going to University. They are commonly called Fresher’s. There is…
@tomSeptember 8, 2018
The other day a very sure and confident child came and sat next to me on a log. He must have been around 3 years…
@tomSeptember 8, 2018
There is a fair amount of normality about going to a gym to improve one’s physical health - people change eating habits, routines and take…
@tomSeptember 6, 2018
The NHS often has bad press and I’m sure, in parts, it deserves it but I can only speak from my experiences. The greatest example…
@tomSeptember 6, 2018
I like to write letters but more importantly I like to receive replies. Not only replies but responses that make me feel good, whether it…
@tomSeptember 6, 2018
Here is an extract from an article I recently wrote for a University magazine; It’s all about perspectives. If you are going through a difficult…
@tomApril 28, 2018
You may believe in a god or something else or you may believe in nothing. But whatever you believe there are often unknown forces at…
@tomApril 13, 2018
Over the years I have had a love hate relationship with medication. But before I go on I must stress that medication in a roundabout…
@tomApril 13, 2018
It is a very good question and one I can never answer very well, or at least answer in a way that gives credit to…
@tomFebruary 27, 2018
In August of last year, I became overloaded with the fear that I had done something really bad to two people. The first of these…
@tomFebruary 19, 2018