Initially this blog was to be a record of my personal experience living with mental illness. But it has expanded to include news, articles and resources pertaining to mental health issues from around the world. I hope you find it both entertaining and informative. Tuesday, March 15, 2016. BeyondNow - Suicide Safety Planning. Had a post from beyondblue. Show up on my Facebook page a few minutes ago. It could be something a few around here could find very useful.

He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. Monday, 3 August 2015. A friend of mine recently posted, on Facebook, an article from the Independent by Robert Fisk. The chilling aspect of this is that such compromises have been reached before. As another great journalist, John Pilger, has said. I well remember his impassioned film about the sufferings of Cambodia at that time. You can watch it here.

In the last few years young people have not had it easy. Some of the most marginalised young people become members of gangs to give them status, and carry a knife for an extra sense of security. Reaching these young people and gaining their trust has been an uphill struggle for agencies and organisations trying to help them find a job or get them back into education.