Dissociative Identity Disorder is often portrayed in the movies and media as a villainous, dangerous, and unpredictable threat to people and society. The unfortunate fact about this message is that it is drastically inaccurate. Interestingly though, getting a real world view of the disorder is also somewhat difficult (as I would say it is for […]

Workings of the ADHD Brain ADHD brains have issues with the neurotransmitter norepinephrine, which is linked with dopamine. The best way to explain dopamine is to see it as the chemical in the brain that makes the person feel good quickly; one of the instant release, feel-good, chemicals. Below is a graph that shows levels […]

When you have depression, nothing makes sense anymore. You logically know there are things that are helpful behaviours, but you don’t do them. Why? Because when you do, you feel no pleasure or motivation. An empty void. Human’s aren’t very good at knowing what they’ve got until it’s gone. People don’t realise that simple tasks […]

It has been a couple of months since I have seen him. Our appointments have become less regular and I now have these weird feelings, feelings of happiness and balance. I am going through life how others do, with some ease. I am sitting in his new clinic, in the waiting room. It’s my first […]