Be wary of studies that link mental ill health with creativity or a high IQ (Guardian 21 August 2015). "The idea that genius and madness are intertwined is an ancient one. But in truth, in this desperately underfunded field, we don't even have objective tools to diagnose disorders of the mind, let alone back up claims such as this." The main effect ( Read more... )

(Been trying to get back to this for days!)

I'm reading a fascinating book called Incognito: the Secret Lives of the Brain, by David Eagleman. Weirdly, I came across not just an anecdote germane to yesterday's Thursday's posting about unclaimed bodies and medical research, but a bunch of relevant stuff about decision-making ( Read more... )

The Federal Government has re-funded mental health services - but only for another twelve months. I'm not sure if I'm personally affected by this, but I'm furious that sick Australians and their families are once again being treated as unimportant - an afterthought at best, disposable at worst.

Many Australians ignorant of anxiety disorders

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*&)^*^%)^ PMS! I'm much better now. :)

I've switched from insulin to exenatide*, which is more complicated to take, but comes with the huge bonus of decreasing my appetite instead of increasing it. I'm not experiencing nausea, which is a common side effect; I'm eating slightly less at mealtimes and barely snacking at all, which is a major change ( Read more... )

The Underlying Psychology of Office Politics: much of which could apply to fandom, although we don't have formal leadership. I could've avoided a lot of drama in my time if I had recognised that people are not "creatures of logic but creatures of emotions". (This advice on evidence based debunking would have been come in handy too.)

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The last time I saw my shrink, I asked if we could reduce my nightly dose of my mood stabiliser, Epilim, back to two pills from three. He suggested we try increasing my antidepressant instead. That's done nothing to address the problem which alarmed both outsdr and acelightning earlier this week: my nagging aphasia. Hell of a problem for a writer ( Read more... )

I don't experience hypomania any more. I don't miss the agitation, but I miss those religious, euphoric feelings very much and dread spending the rest of my life without them. However, I discovered last night while drifting off to sleep that my faith is quite undiminished ( Read more... )

Why Aren't Women Advancing At Work? Ask a Transgender Person. Having experienced the workplace from both perspectives, they hold the key to its biases.

Announcement: Readers who feel threatened by equality no longer welcome: "The problem here is that these squealing man-children, so desperate to keep women out of their precious games, want it both ( Read more... )

Engaging in displacement activity while struggling with chapter 20, I unwisely did my first Google ego scan in years. I came across someone rudely remarking that I have "a record of behaving very badly in fannish spaces". (Please don't Google for the phrase - they're entitled to their opinion ( Read more... )