Caretaker

It had occurred to me a while ago to start posting using the titles of the Voyager episodes, but life has been overwhelming over the past 6 months while I myself have - in a sense - been co-opted into the position of caretaker. My (fairly) elderly mother moved in with us 6 months ago …

If She Tries to Resist, Assimilate Her!

Just a very brief outline of what was upsetting me yesterday, and will no doubt continue to unsettle for a while. Last year when Mum moved in with us, I took her along to a Women's mental health support group which was run by a national charity known as Rethink Mental Illness. I was surprised …

They’re Civilians! Civilians with Partical Weapons!

Apologies for the rather long hiatus in posting. Life as a full time (mental health) carer has been very taxing indeed, and I have found that my life and 'free' time has no longer been my own and, when I have had free time, I have been too exhausted to use it productively. There have …