My Life The Way I See It

I live in Edmonton north London. I rent a supported flat in a care home. You see I have a mental disability. Sometimes I feel quite normal. Other times I don’t. My diagnosis has three components: paranoid schizophrenia; borderline personality disorder; and depression. Things started to go wrong after I…

So what is the aim of life? I suppose everyone has a unique answer to that. I thought about it a lot. I decided it was to feel as good as possible. I believe this is our one true purpose. It never changes, no matter where you are, who you…

Recently I have been experimenting with attempting to get up at sunrise and go to rest at sunset every day. This morning, for example, my alarm went off at 4:49am. Most days I go straight back to sleep again, sometimes for many hours, but I figure my habits will change…

When I left school at eighteen in 1988 after sitting my A levels, I had a dilemma. Up until then life had consisted largely of following instructions given by adults – typically parents and teachers. This didn’t really require much thinking. Now I was an adult myself, and suddenly I…

I decided to create a blog to share my ideas and experiences with others. I have done very little writing in the past so this will be new territory for me. I hope to build a following of readers and I will be very interested to know their views on…