When Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted on our tellies back in the day, it was confusing to see the role of a ship's counsellor as a main character alongside the familiar Star Trek roles of Captain, doctor, first mate, engineer, blokes what drive the ship and disposable cannot fodder in red pullovers. "A counsellor?" a younger more naive me ( Read more... )

Thoughts and observations after today's counselling class ( Read more... )

I'm starting to feel some doubts and anxiety about my course. I am glad that I'm doing it but I start to question whether or not it's too much for me? Is it too much to take in? Can I handle it? Do the people on the course like me or dread having to sit next to me? The last one being something you can't really express out loud without sounding ( Read more... )

Having a low day today. Spent the weekend with some friends who I might not see again for a long time. I will miss them and their company but I know I will see them again and they have a lot going on in their lives at the moment ( Read more... )

So as of yesterday I am officially a student again ( Read more... )

It's easy to notice when your mood is low just as it's easy to hear 10 things said about you and only remember the one bad thing and not the nine good things. When you're in a good mood it's all to easy to overlook it and forget about it as a good thing ( Read more... )

Future Shock

From Wikipedia:

Future Shock is a book written by the futurist Alvin Toffler in 1970. In the book, Toffler defines the term "future shock" as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies. His shortest definition for the term is a personal perception of "too much change in too short a period of time".

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Sundays are bastards aren't they? They are the buzzkill of the weekend. They are the post-con blues you get following a great Saturday. Whatever your mood is or has been, you can guarantee that waking up on a Sunday will considerably lower your mood. Sunday is the day that all the negative thoughts come out to play. Today I am beset by hatred, ( Read more... )

In a list of hypothetical remedies that includes chicken soup and hugs, they say that laughter is the best medicine. Certainly when I am in the grip of depression, I can't watch anything serious that could be triggering and prefer to reach for some comedy. Saying that, there are very few comedy shows that I actually watch on TV ( Read more... )

Sky Movies are showing all the Star Wars films this weekend. Even the shit ones. I guess with a new Star Wars film being released at the end of the year, the publicity machine is on a slow warm-up. No doubt millions will be spent on publicity which is a waste of money in a way because whatever your current view of the Star Wars universe is, if you ( Read more... )