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Why are Autistic People Hard to Deal With?

The easiest, insultingly simplified answer to the above question has to do with the development of the id, ego, and superego. In layman’s terms the “id” is one’s instincts, the “ego” is the self’s ability to interact with reality, and… Continue Reading →

My friend with depression is Fat!

Weird things get me thinking about my depression. While playing Call of Cthulu with my friends, we ordered dinner and I was asked if I had one of those money management app they could use to transfer me their dinner… Continue Reading →

What are Trigger Warnings?

If you are political and lean left, trigger warnings are used to defend people from hearing things that they might disagree or feel insulted by. If you lean right, it’s that thing the snowflakes use because they are scared of… Continue Reading →

Mental Health is Fake News Now

In the world of political opinions today, everyone’s thoughts are seen as equally valid on the stage of shouting and screaming. But in the mish-mash of ideas, certain groups have stepped forward to represent issues not experienced by themselves nor… Continue Reading →

Depression: Physical Pain

Almost everyone has heard of or known of a patient with depression who says they are in pain. It must sometimes seem weird. After all, how could a psychological condition be causing physical pain? Well, that pain is not something… Continue Reading →

What it is Like to be Mentally Ill

On the final episode of the TV series, The Newsroom, the character Gary Cooper poised that it would be fun to teach kids something wrong, such as wood coming from birds, and keep it up as long as possible. When they’re all… Continue Reading →

Suicide Recovery

I’ve been asked why I can’t just ‘get over’ my depression. Why can’t I just ‘forget it ever happened’. Well, it’s simply because any serious attempt of suicide is akin to losing a limb. I’m not demeaning the physically disabled… Continue Reading →

The 9/11 Generation

There is a generation of adults now that lived more than half their lives not knowing of a time when terrorism did not exist. But more importantly, there is a generation of adults now that don’t remember a time when terrorism… Continue Reading →

It’s Okay to be a Paedophile

Sweet. Clickbait title. I’m going to get all the views now. I like to lie. But not this time. The topic is as the title says. It really is okay to be a paedophile. Now, before anyone calls in a mob… Continue Reading →

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