WELCOME TO SNAKES & LADDERS - (PV AB DA SS)
- Sep 2, 2024
- 3 min read
Updated: Oct 31, 2024
An up & down journey, through my life.
Welcome to the inside of my head. Here you will find my thoughts on mental health, human behavior, and emotional well-being, from self-destruction to suicide. A writer, spilling his own mind over his own pages.
But first, a "don't pull the trigger" warning!
Please be advised of the following subjects:
Pretty much everything that could trigger a person is listed below, but at this stage, it is not explained in any detail, at least not on this page.
"I've been popular and unpopular, successful and unsuccessful, loved and loathed, and I know how meaningless it all is. Therefore, I feel free to take whatever risks I want."
- Madonna
What makes me knowledgeable on this subject?
My mental health C.V.
1972-22024 (with more to come, I am sure!)
1972: I began my journey as a quiet, shy boy in rural England.
Childhood with a difficult family dynamic
Experienced child abuse
Society treated my sexuality as unwanted and unusual.
Married happily for twenty years
Diagnosed with a "terminal condition" almost 20 years ago
I divorced but remained close with my ex-partner, to this day.
Suicide survivor and savior
Experienced extreme and sudden abandonment
Drug & alcohol addiction survivor
Experienced domestic violence & coercive control/controlling behavior
Experienced sexual assault & violence
Experienced emotional abuse
Experienced heartbreak and have broken hearts myself (not bragging!)
Lost the best of friends whilst surrounding myself with enemies
Engaged in unsuccessful talking therapy once
Engaged in successful grief therapy once
Engaged in CBT once
Engaged in "individually focused" people therapy once
Diagnosed with OCD, PTSD, and hypervigilance
Experienced severe trauma inflicted by a supposed caregiver
*Do not inquire about my relationship history (to protect your own mental health).
My mental health journey is currently focused on expression, reigniting the factual brain, and helping educate others.
Where do I see myself in five years?
Either sectioned under the Mental Health Act for painting the words "Help people with problems, instead of betraying them," over the Houses of Parliament, possibly in pink neon paint, or if things work out, I'll be happy and comfortable in my own skin, knowing I did what I did and the rest wasn't up to me.
What makes me a writer?
After many years in the film and TV industry, I decided to concentrate on my lifelong dream of becoming a published author (preferably a liked one!). My journey to get here forms the basis of my writing.
"It is often said that the writer should take the reader on a journey and that life itself is of a similar vein. For any writer to offer a fulfilling path that the reader cannot help but follow, they themselves must have taken the road ahead of them with gusto. Driving at full throttle towards every triumph while exploring the depths of every failure, as if each were their destiny. Write what you know, and this is what I've done. My opinion, the facts of my experiences, the emotions I felt. Honest and raw." - Me!
"Odd things happen to all of us on our way through life without our noticing for a time that they have happened."
Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
What do you have to say about it all?
Opening my very personal thought processes to everyone is a multi-purpose choice, and one I made with the intention of helping myself and hopefully others. I want to inspire everyone to be more open and honest about their lives and to communicate their own thoughts, no matter how unpopular or embarrassing they are.
Life is a daily mental battle between head, heart, and soul. We are all on the same battlefield.
SUBSCRIBE - Not only do I promise to keep the conversation controversial, honest, and open, but I intend on pushing some buttons that are not normally pushed! I dare you to consider some unpopular opinions on our society and debate, share, and relish in your own stories.
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