I've been looking at some websites about mental health and various campaigns to raise awareness. It was in the news recently that £300 m is wasted every year on drugs that are not necessary to prescribe, or are bought and not used. It's obviously a big issue but I really have my doubts if it is publicised in a positive way. 1 in 3 people will ( Read more... )

I've finished my exams which is nice, only really got a week now to relax and then go home which will annoying in some respects. I guess to a certain degree my social anxieties are much worse there, and I guess to a certain extent, although I appreciate my friendships there, I don't think it does my mentality much good to be going out every night ( Read more... )

Quite funny when Tony Blair first came into his premiership, I guess in a sense he destroyed the old bureaucrat image of politics, and it is really interesting 10 years on to hear Gordon Brown really going against all ideas of politics festering celebrities. He is very, very boring. In a way, Tony Blair not only destroyed the opposition for a ( Read more... )

I saw Willy Mason two nights ago (At the Leicester Charlotte) Quite possibly the best gig I've ever been to. The Charlotte is quite a small place so his music feels more intimate. He's got one of the most interesting voices, so fascinating to just stand and watch in silence. Really beautiful stuff. He played pretty much all of his songs, which is 2 ( Read more... )

I find it a bit scary how Putin decideds to pull out of the NATO - Warsaw Pact treaty agreed in 1990 at the end of the Cold War. What I find scary is the timing, as soon as Yeltsin is dead. It's a bit worrying really because democracy has never really stood a chance in Russia since the Cold War ended, in the sense that it hasn't fully shown itself ( Read more... )

So I've been taking Cipralex for the past 5 days now. Have experienced side effects but thankfully nothing that has made me feel ill. Just get tired and find difficulty concentrating, which is a bit of a bummer on the revision side of things. Should be ok though. Other things, let's just say the blood doesn't flow where it used to flow! I now know ( Read more... )

Don't worry, I'm not going to complain about anything this time. I've been to the Doctors. Been prescribed cipralex which deals with depression and anxiety disorders. I mean the truth that I was so reluctant to go in the first place is because I'm generally a bit cautious and well, I think I've sort of started to think that it isn't such a bad ( Read more... )

Not much;

http://www.reuters.com/article/gc05/idUSN2223259020070323

I doubt the recent captivity of British Sailors has done Iran any favours, I somehow doubt it will esculate that far, actually I'm not sure. Depends how long Britain is prepared to wait. I don't know seems like a tricky situation. The fact that all the UN ever does is sanction Iran, ( Read more... )

As you might well know for the past few months I've sort of been trying to figure out what has been going on with me generally. Something has sort of changed my opinion about things recently. I've basically decided it time to find out and I'm going to go to the Doctor again and say that, I can't really try and get through something when I don't ( Read more... )

I've been in the library a lot over the last 2 days, researching about Lenin & Bolshevism, pretty interesting really. Thinking about considering doing something about Russia for Dissertation, think it would challenge me and I'd find it enjoyable a lot. I've enjoyed just reading the past few days because it keeps my mind off things and keeps me ( Read more... )