Yesterday an ex-colleague from my RAF days posted on Facebook a post about PTSD asking everybody to copy and paste it. The post was basically designed to raise awareness of the issue. Nothing wrong with that you may think. He has however received, in the comments for this post, complaints. One complaining that they don’t have time for all “copy and paste stuff created by people who just want to clog up and slow down the internet” and another from another former colleague who

Today’s writing is a tail of positive thinking more than anything else. Not about how positive thinking can change your life or circumstances, but about how it can keep you from letting adversity from effecting you negatively. Over a month ago I went to see my doctor because I had a pain in my arm that had been hurting every time I raised my arm or lifted reasonably light objects one handed. This had been going on for a while. I discussed it with the doctor saying it feels li

Now it has been a while since my last blog and I’m making no excuses. I’ve been ill for some of that time but for most of it I just prioritised other things over it. It looks increasingly like the regular Monday and Thursday blogs may have to be a bit more flexible. That’s to say if I can’t write on a Monday then Tuesday will be almost, if not, as good a day to write. Some days it is tempting not to bother due to a lack of subject matter but to be honest this hasn’t been the