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Taking a break.
Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 28, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Time To Change Video looks at the mental health of young people. #ukmh
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/09/26/mental-health-young-people-time-to-change_n_1916564.html?utm_hp_ref=uk Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 28, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Read it, Share it: Changes to appealing #ESA and #DLA Decisions from April 2013. #disability #ukmh
http://www.dpac.uk.net/2012/09/changes-to-appealing-esa-and-dla-decisions-from-april-2013/ Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 28, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Pot Roast! Potatoes! Carrots!
Helen was searing a pot roast on the stove around lunch today which bode promising. It looked so delicious and smelled wonderful. I was at my parents house to get my six Cokes for the day. About 4:00 Helen pulled up in front of my house honking her horn and delivering the meal. We exchanged pleasantries and I hurried back inside to eat an absolutely fantastic supper.
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - September 28, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Weary and So Very Worried…
I’ve seen Maggie scratch her ear some during the past few weeks, but I never dreamed she had such a terrible yeast infection in her ear like she has now. I feel like such a terrible, terrible lout of a pet owner for not catching that. I was growing suspicious yesterday when it got to be around 4pm in the afternoon and the Veterinary Technician still hadn’t called me yet to come pick Maggie up. I took the initiative and called the Vet Tech. She gave me the terrible news about Maggie's infected ear. Maggie will be at the Animal Clinic until about Monday or Tuesday as they administer antibiotics. I am already...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - September 28, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

#Atos scandal stories ‘anecdotal’ claim tories. #wca #disability #ukmh
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/tories-accuse-atos-scandal-stories-1346317 Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 27, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

#gishwhes .. What is it? What Are You Waiting For …. Be Curious, Join Today! #MishaCollins
Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 27, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

‘Tom Greatrex MP: #Disabled Need Help But #Atos Is Failing Them In The Worst Way Possible.’ #ukmh
http://socialwelfareunion.org/archives/2569# Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 27, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

GP reacts with “absolute dread and horror” at prospect of mental health service near his surgery. #ukmh #whatstigma #discrimination #Norflk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-19725817 Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 27, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Bridport man’s battle against hospital mental health cutbacks. #ukmh
http://www.bridportnews.co.uk/news/localnews/9949883.My_battle_against_hospital_cutbacks/ Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 27, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Labour calls for review of sickness benefits assessment. #wca #disability #ukmh
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/sep/26/labour-review-sickness-benefits-assessment?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038 Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 27, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

#ATOS #Disability testing system failing says dead man’s parents. #wca
http://www.channel4.com/news/disability-testing-system-failing-says-dead-mans-parents Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 27, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Marine with only one leg told he’s “not #disabled enough” for welfare benefits. #WCA
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/913386-one-legged-marine-not-disabled-enough-to-be-allowed-benefits?ref=fb_invite_declined Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 27, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

An Allergy With the Tiniest of all Culprits…
I was sitting at my favorite computer terminal in the computer lab a moment ago anxiously waiting for a call from my mother. The phone finally buzzed on the table and I quickly answered in high anticipation. I had set my hopes high and needed good news. I walked outside through the fire door to continue the call. “I got Maggie out to the Vet’s office,” Mom said of my precious pup. Mom sounded like she was out of breath and probably was if she had to hold Maggie for any length of time. “Her allergy is caused by fleas. They are going to flea dip her this afternoon. Doctor Thomas says to let you or me put on the...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - September 27, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Taking Things Lightly…
There was a men’s hair growth commercial on the TV last night as Charlie and my father sat in the den watching TV along with me. Charlie was lamenting the fact that he ever sold me this house. “I just love this house,” he said sounding pained. I was watching Dr. Drew as I do most nights before going to bed. The commercial that come on was a highly dubious “hair in a can” hair growth method like spray on hair. “Why didn’t you ever use or try Rogaine?” my father boldly asked Charlie about his bald and slightly sunburned dome. “Baldness is my trademark,” Charlie then said with a smirk as we all broke out...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - September 27, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

That Charlie. Yes! THAT Charlie…
“Gather up all your dirty clothes,” Charlie told me insistently last night. “We will get a load of clothes going in the laundry room before we leave.” “He dresses like a poor person and a homeless man!” you could my father ardently and loudly say from the den where he had Maggie captivated. “You only see me at home,” I said in rebuke of my father. “I wear khaki pants, Sebagos, and a nicely ironed button up shirt to volunteering everyday.” During all of this, I called my mother to check Maggie’s flea medications to see if they had expired. I finally got Maggie in my lap yesterday and finally fou...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - September 26, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Ralph…
Maggie in her alter ego schizoid highly antagonistic mode known simply as “Ralph”. Where did my sweet princess go? Remember last Christmas? It was the only Christmas day that it has snowed here in my lifetime this far south. I actually got to use the All Wheel Drive option that exists on my car for one of the first times. Helen called me an hour ago to ask if I wanted to eat lunch with her and mom. They were having potato chips and tomato and bacon sandwiches. “You do what you want to do, baby,” Helen said. “But come over if you get hungry.”...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - September 26, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

I Have Long Resisted the Urge
Tuesday - Entry 4: When I began offering a donation button on my blog, I had mixed feelings. I have long resisted the urge to load my blog with ads, yet with work being so spotty this year my blog was the only resource I had that was working for me. With 200-300 unique visitors a day, up to 9000 individuals a month, I figured a buck here and there from donations might help. Two weekends ago we were struggling with an issue. I had just started a freelance job but the paychecks hadn't started rolling in yet. And when they did start rolling in, it wasn't going to be enough. I had rent coming up, bills due, and my children ...
Source: The Splintered Mind by Douglas Cootey - September 25, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Tags: Journaling Family Source Type: blogs

Still No Friends
Maybe I've posted this before, I don't know. But I don't feel like I have anything in common with my old friends. And I don't feel like I have much in common with the people I go to school with now. So who does that leave me to be friends with? No one. I'm not saying I have to have *everything* in common with someone to be friends with, but just the very foundation, just the basics, you know? I don't have kids, but virtually all women my age have kids at some age and, well, I must admit, it has changed them. For the better, for the worse - they would say for the better, of course.&...
Source: bipolar.and.me - September 25, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs

@SoniaPoulton Writes Again to… @Ed_Miliband. #disability #wca #ukmh
“Rt. Hon. Ed Miliband MP September 24, 2012 Dear Ed, As the Labour Party conference approaches, I ask that you consider the following. I have now sent to you three letters via e-mail. I have appealed on behalf of thousands of sick and disabled people – and their loved ones – in our country. You have responded to one letter but not the following two. This is troubling and, not least, because the last e-mail contained information that alarmed me. It was a reader’s comment sent care of the Daily Mail website. To the many who have now seen this comment, there was no doubt that here was a clear intention to co...
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 25, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

The benefit bullies driving people to the brink of #suicide. #ATOS #WCA #ukmh
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/benefits-bullies-atos-are-driving-scots-1342594 Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 25, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

‘This Smile I Wear’ by Dawni. #ukmh #depression #mentalhealth
This Smile I Wear This smile on my face, Helps you decide my personality You’ve correctly compiled. That smile on my face, When we laughed and talked You were easily beguiled. This smile on my face, Sweet charming mask born of Terrified small child. This smile on my face, Just a well practiced disguise in A world exiled. This smile on my face, You’ve cleverly judged decided Yet mistakenly profiled. This smile on face, My well-worn cloak a polished veneer In a life defiled. Copyright © Dawn Willis 25/09/2012 Suppose the theme for this comes from reading and hearing a comment from the ...
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 25, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: It's Personal: Dawn's own experiences of Livin' La Vida Bi-Polar & Other life stuff Source Type: blogs

Frank Bruno ‘knocks ‘em out’ at mental health charity event. #ukmh
http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/big_frank_bruno_proves_a_knock_out_at_mental_health_charity_event_held_at_norwich_hotel_1_1526596 Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 25, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

“NOTHING HAS changed in the way black people with mental health problems are treated” claims Sean Rigg’s sister. #ukmh #police #prison
http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/deaths-custody-ignored-mental-health-bosses%E2%80%99 Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 25, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

UK #Disability Community UK #DLA Survey 2012. Your help needed. #ukmh #wca #mhuk
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_Mj3XHZToIQLDYnfrjAMoOadzQ6CT79yH-9KB31lUIc/edit Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 25, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

5:10 am
I’ve got a delicious Marie Callendar chicken parmesiana meal in the microwave at the moment. I am waiting for the finish beeps and for the microwave to finish. It smells wonderful. It is about the best darn meal Marie makes. Maggie urgently woke me up barking like a crazy mad dog this morning. I was also just ravishingly hungry this morning for some reason as well. I went and turned on all the outside flood lights and Maggie seems to have calmed down some. Ah, life living with a diminutive guard dog who thinks she is as big as a great Dane. Went you are awakened from a deep sleep like that it can be a little...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - September 25, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Lazy Dogs Lay Sleeping…
I keep the blinds tightly shut and the curtains drawn during the day in my back bedroom. It is cool and dark back there. Maggie takes advantage of it during my day of volunteering to sleep and stay comfortable. It really is a very inviting place to be. She will always greet me at the door when I get home, but she quickly goes back to her comfortable lair amidst the covers on my bed. “Yeah,” I told Maggie a moment ago as I brought in some groceries from the Honda through the front door, “You keep me up all night barking and then crash all day.” Maggie just stood there innocently wagging her tail. She wo...
Source: The 4th Avenue Blues - September 25, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Andrew Quixote Source Type: blogs

Nothing more and nothing less
Since I wrote the other day, things have been ok. I had an enjoyable weekend. I even managed to convince Hubby to take me on a date. It's really nice to spend time with him one-on-one. I think part of expects there to be a bit more romance. No, not really romance, but somehow more. I'm not sure that makes sense. I guess a part of me worries about what we will take about when the boys are gone and
Source: Parenting with a mental illness - September 25, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Brony Source Type: blogs

The astonishing irony of #ATOS employment and #WCA services. #disability
http://mylegal.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=frontline&thread=739&page=1#2015 Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 24, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

Jack Straw, former Justice Secretary who commissioned ‘Bradley Review’, speaks of his own mental health battles. #ukmh #prison
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/straw-writes-of-his-mental-crisis-8165989.html Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 24, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs

#Ritalin drug should only be used in severe cases, says doctor. #YEP #ukmh #adhd
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/health/ritalin-drug-should-only-be-used-in-severe-cases-says-doctor-1-4955603 Filed under: Mental Health, The News & Policies.
Source: Dawn Willis sharing the News and Views of the Mentally Wealthy - September 24, 2012 Category: Mental Illness Authors: Dawn Willis Tags: Mental Health, The News & Policies. Source Type: blogs