I'm still around, kinda. Been in the process of carrying out a 'personality deconstruction' these last few months. The process is proving to be neither easy nor painless, but I believe it is both necessary and worthwhile ( Read more... )

I think my wave has hit the beach. Need to find another wave to ride.

Anyhoo, I finally got myself all lawyered up. My soon-to-be ex-wife made the (IMO) unjustifiable decision to severely curtail both the amount of time and the quality of time I get to spend with my son, and I think she figured that someone with severe chronic depression would ( Read more... )

When I had my "epiphany" the other week, my brain really woke up. I was well aware that there was a strong possibility that this period of clarity could be short-lived, so I dredged up a few self hypnosis techniques I learned many years back, and basically programmed myself to continue to seek help. All I can say as of today is that either I haven' ( Read more... )

Life is change. Time for that to apply to me. Time for me to take up the reins again and influence the nature of those changes, to my own benefit. To that end, I've been taking steps:

• Made an appointment to see my GP. Last time I did that was last August.
• Requested an application for Disability Living Allowance, to supplement my Incapacity Benefit.
• ( Read more... )

I should have done this before now. Time to start keeping a record of events, rather than relying on fallible memory ( Read more... )

Well, thus far 2009 has been a horribly stressful year for me, and we're barely done with the first quarter of the year. I sometimes think of the expression that "god does not place burdens upon us beyond our ability to carry" or words to that effect. Well, were I a believer, I'd suspect that god is bound and determined to load me up all the way to ( Read more... )

I got a call a week or so ago telling me that my brother-in-law had died of a heart attack. That kind of thing is bad enough under most circumstances, but he was only thirty six years old (three years younger than me) and most people who'd met us would agree that he certainly appeared to be fitter and healthier than me. Being somewhat thanatophobic ( Read more... )

Just started reading Charles Stross' Accelerando, after reading hutch0  bigging him up in his blog. I'm only about ten pages into it, and already I just know that this is a book that I'm going to greatly enjoy. I'll post again once I've finished the book, although that may not be as soon as I'd like due to my not making as much time for reading as I used ( Read more... )

So, I randomly came across a link to this personality test online. Normally, I don't even bother, but as this one was a proper Keirsey-Bates MBTI test (70 questions in total) I thought I'd give it a go. I have to confess that the test seems to have got me 'bang to rights'.

Your result for The LONG Scientific Personality Test...
INFP - the Healer

You ( Read more... )

www.lhc-live.com/

Gotta love it.