Category Archives: bollocks

Jarvis Cocker keeps hearing that voice

Posted on July 25, 2020 by

Excellent interview with Jarvis Cocker about living at home, writing songs, writing and going to your room and trying to not make too much noise, and … “But then the voice in my head wouldn’t give me any peace.” “I … Continue reading →

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What’s it like being homeless in Toronto?

Posted on December 17, 2019 by

What’s it Like Being Homeless in Toronto? CBC’s The National Toronto Commentary: Toronto – like many cities and many towns too – is in a housing crises. In Canada’s wealthiest city well over ten thousand people each night rely on … Continue reading →

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ee by gum can yer belly touch yer bum

Posted on September 20, 2019 by

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Illness? or Dangerous Gifts? Sascha Altman DeBrul

Posted on July 17, 2019 by

To label a state of being as “extreme” is  to pass judgement and to seek to box the unboxable, impose some prefered state order upon necessary chaos ? So who gets to judge if what you experience is “extreme” ? … Continue reading →

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Scorchio!!! Make Your Own $20 AC Unit

Posted on July 16, 2019 by

Toronto’s Public Health decided they can no longer be arsed to issue hot weather Alerts, so here’s one: ITS GONNA BE  FUCKING HOT OUT THERE !!! And, since Tronto Public Health also decided it cant be arsed to offer cooling … Continue reading →

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and you called me…

Posted on June 4, 2019 by

I shared with you some of how I struggle sometimes. And you called me…                                 SCHIZO… I said that I saw things differently, and that I … Continue reading →

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The Immutable Law of Interminable Bollocks

Posted on March 3, 2019 by

There’s a lorra lorra  bollocks in this world, and sure is a lot of bollocks in mental health world. From another world that too has a lorra lorra bollocks – football – here’s a wee bit of inter-cross-diciplinary sharing and … Continue reading →

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Spot The Difference: Sewage and Mental Health

Posted on February 12, 2019 by

The shared language of two worlds: treating shit from people and treating people like shit people.
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Mind, Mindfulness, Meditation and Bollocks

Posted on January 18, 2019 by

If you’ve been told “you should meditate” then you’ve been fed some right ol’ bollocks. If you’ve been told meditation is about quieting your mind, you’ve been fed a special kind of right ol’ bollocks. Anyone who tells you that … Continue reading →

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Can a Lack of Sleep Cause Psychiatric Disorders?

Posted on January 10, 2019 by

You’ll see squillions and gazillions of  pieces on how folks said to “have”  a “mental illness” struggle with sleep. Q. What if that story is all arse-about-face? Or, if you prefer: “ass-backwards” ? Matt Walker has been asking similar questions. … Continue reading →

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