Mental health shapes how thoughts are processed, emotions are managed, and behaviour unfolds. These posts explore the internal landscape—where stress, resilience, and vulnerability intersect, and where the unseen often carries as much weight as the visible.
Scotomisation is the mind’s quiet refusal to see what threatens survival, identity, or comfort—an internal edit where truth remains visible but unusable, allowing fear to shape belief while the observer pretends nothing has changed. Scotomisation is not blindness. It is self-editing. It’s the mind deciding—quietly, efficiently—that certain facts are inconvenient and should no longer be
The Lies You Tell Yourself to Survive Read More »
I never knew it was possible to feel this empty and still be breathing. The one thing that mattered is gone. People keep calling it a breakup, like it’s some normal thing you just walk away from and learn from, but that’s bullshit. I hate them! She wasn’t just a girlfriend. She was my person.
I’m 17 and I Don’t Care Anymore Read More »
The coffee is weak. The Wi-Fi drops out. The barista doesn’t smile warmly enough. Within minutes, thumbs are flying across screens, documenting injustices as if history itself needs correcting with the swipe of a finger. We call these things bad. Not mildly inconvenient. Not slightly annoying. Bad. As if the entire universe has let us
Necessities of Life or Entitlements of a Selfish Lifestyle? Read More »
I used to think dishonesty lived in the mind. That lies were conscious decisions, chosen and spoken. Something you did with words. The body taught me otherwise. The body reacts long before the mind drafts its excuses. It tightens when it shouldn’t. Nausea arrives without invitation. Sleep fractures. Desire evaporates or appears at the wrong
The Body as Evidence: When Flesh Betrays the Lie Read More »
He had always thought violence was obvious. A raised voice. A slammed door. A bruise that needed explaining. That was how it was supposed to look—obvious, theatrical, easy to condemn. What he hadn’t learned, until much later, was how quiet violence could be. This was the violence that arrived without urgency. It didn’t rush. It
The Violence We Don’t Recognise as Violence Read More »
The holiday season is a time of joy and celebration for many, but for others, it can be a time of sadness and loneliness. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 8 in 10 people have at least one long-term health condition, and 1 in 2 people have at least 1 chronic condition. These individuals
Christmas: A Painful Reminder of Loss Read More »
We’re told technology is about better connection, yet I watch and listen to people spend more time with their devices than nurturing relationships with the living, breathing souls right in front of them. Their screens glow brighter than the eyes that long to meet theirs. Phones have become our companions, therapists, and our gods. They
The Illusion of Modern Connection Read More »
Oh yes, it is! The only person in the street who doesn’t believe your dog is a frequent high-decibel nuisance is you! We moved to this quiet suburban area years ago. Back then, the loudest sound was the breeze rustling through gum trees or the occasional kookaburra laughing at us from a power line. Peaceful.
It’s Not My Dog That Barks! Read More »
I’ve lived my whole life being told that control is strength, but my inner beast tells me otherwise. It wants freedom. It gnaws and rips from the inside, trying to get loose and find the other side. They say a man is measured not by what he does, but by what he resists. I heard
Repression as Power Read More »
We like to think of ourselves as civilised. We dress in neat clothes, shake hands politely, speak in calm tones, and follow rules written to keep society in order. We lock our doors at night, but it’s not just to keep others out—it’s also to keep something inside. Because beneath the pressed shirts and polite