Mental health

Last week, I had a cholecystectomy: I'd had a gallstone bothering for years and the easiest thing was to have the gallblader taken out. The NHS were great -as usual- and I am recovering nicely. It means I have a bit of free time on my hands too. And what better way to use this time than to do a bit of navel-gazing blogging! The ideas contained below have been in gestation for quite some time and, to be honest, I just want to get them out of my system, so here goes... Sometimes, in fact a lot of the time for people who suffer from r ejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) , we become our own worst enemies. We give criticism -direct, or indeed perceived- far too much credence. We see ourselves as being responsible for things that are out of our control or simply not merited; for instance: the way we are mistreated. It has taken me years to come to terms with the fact that I am not to blame for the victimisation and discrimination I have come up against in my career as a teacher and union...