Tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth. On the 19th May 2016, I went to a Brisbane Hotel, with my partner, to tell my story to a Commissioner from Australia's Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse. Funnily, I was not nervous, I had an overpowering determination to tell my story, to face any … [Read more...] about Dee Day – Royal Commission
Suicide – You Can’t Press Restart and Get Another Life
My Story. We grow up thinking everything happens for a reason. Truer words have not been spoken. In late February of this year, whilst in an Acute Mental Health Ward, I tried for the first time in my life to commit suicide. I have run all of my life, from everyone, from everything, and the plain truth of the matter is, that all these years of … [Read more...] about Suicide – You Can’t Press Restart and Get Another Life
Depression – Dancing With The Devil
Its been three months since my breakdown, and not much has changed, except I have managed to stay out of hospital. Yesterday I had an appointment with my out-patients psychiatrist, who just asked the question, 'How are you really Dee?' Instantly I looked down, looked at the ceiling, looked at the walls, hoping she would say something, … [Read more...] about Depression – Dancing With The Devil
Acute Mental Health Ward – My First Ever Visit
On the 25th February, 2016 I was admitted to an Acute Mental Health Unit in Queensland Australia. I spent three weeks in hospital and have been back at home for about four weeks. I have decided after launching my website, earlier this year, that I would start writing again and share this experience, the treatment and day to day of what … [Read more...] about Acute Mental Health Ward – My First Ever Visit
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – Your Life In Blinding Flashes
I was first diagnosed with PTSD about six years ago. Now, I know what it is and understand how it works. I have been battling it for decades. Along with a good unhealthy dose of chronic depression. PTSD and depression...it's like having twins. It seems to me you can't have one without the other. They both know how to push your buttons, and … [Read more...] about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – Your Life In Blinding Flashes
My Best Friend – I Love Her More Than White Chocolate
I met my best friend Tinkerbell, about eight years ago. We met in a shearing shed at her family’s property in Queensland, Australia. My friend was a shearer and he took me to their shearing shed the day he went to shear their sheep. I was new to the area and he thought it would be nice for me to meet a lady in the area. That one day changed … [Read more...] about My Best Friend – I Love Her More Than White Chocolate
Trolls and Haters – You’ll Come Across Them Sooner or Later
You get the good with the bad in all areas of your life. The ying and yang. Just like anyone else I have had my fair share of the bad, but I have also had some good. Like having my own website! It is a dream come true! To have such a dreadful upbringing and to now start and share my stories with the world - in the hope that some good can … [Read more...] about Trolls and Haters – You’ll Come Across Them Sooner or Later
Political Correctness – Old Fashioned Manners
As a child growing up in the seventies, political correctness wasn't big in my house. However, manners were belted into me literally. My Mother would sit at the dinner table with a big old wooden spoon right beside her right hand, and if I spoke at the table my knuckles would get a taste of that bloody big spoon. Now my parents were far … [Read more...] about Political Correctness – Old Fashioned Manners
Personal Branding – Love In My Heart
Being a writer has been a dream of mine for a very long time and now that I am writing, and have my own website, it's like a dream come true. However, I only had a grade eight education. The spelling isn't great and the grammar drives my poor Tinkerbell (Editor and Best Friend) mental! So calling myself a writer, just doesn't sit well … [Read more...] about Personal Branding – Love In My Heart
Catholic Church Abuse – Evil Triumphs When Good Men Do Nothing
Pope Francis stated this year 2016, as The Holy Year of Mercy. 'It is a good occasion to come back to embrace and forgive one another' and 'forget bad things'. His words not mine. He has also told his Clergy, 'If you get the urge to say something against a brother or a sister, to drop a gossip bomb, BITE YOUR TONGUE HARD!' Bite your … [Read more...] about Catholic Church Abuse – Evil Triumphs When Good Men Do Nothing
