THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO MMMMMMMENTAL !!

Here's your opportunity to say what you'd like to say, but were maybe embarrassed to say it? Or maybe someone might think that you dont fit their definition of what is "normal" in our judgmental and hypocritical society?  Its about speaking your mind in a way which is perhaps unconventional, but as long as its clean, and not inflammatory or illegal, get it off your chest where NO-ONE will know you or judge you!  Most importantly, have some FUN with it!

IS IT JUST YOUR IMAGINATION?

How brave am I???

First of all, I am putting my picture up on my very first blog!  Now, if you knew me well, you would know that this is by no means  an easy thing for me to do... putting it out there for the world to see, (given that this blog no doubt will take off like hotcakes globally!) - so from this point on, I cannot hide who I am from anyone out there, no.. this is me warts and all!

Now, this old gal is in her 65th year, so aside from the above intrepid move for one of advancing years, truth is, at last I have a sounding board besides these four walls, and my poor long-suffering other half!  I am not a wilting violet type, but neither is most of us.  We do get "peed off" about many, many things in everyday life.  It's just that we tend to keep it mostly all inside. 

For example, I know that I, on the other hand, do tend to lose patience outwardly more than many these days with incompetence, attitudes that are way too laid back (for my liking) of people who are meant to be doing their jobs, and complacency shown by many of our critical service-givers amongst others!

This place will be my attempt to get it "out there",  hopefully inoffensively, albeit truthfully, and hopefully encouraging you to engage with all and sundry who may post herein by posting what drives you nuts (I firmly believe each of us has a vastly different level of mental tolerance, hence when I use the word "nuts" I mean this to cover the full spectrum of what we might each, as individuals, perceive this to mean to us!)... and what do I get out of this?  Hopefully the fringe benefit of maybe lowering my blood pressure a bit more, by having a sounding board, soapbox, hopefully having always a keen contribution from you out there, and hopefully no small amount of well-meaning fun along the way!

Please do not let my age be an indicator of perhaps an element of frailty of mind or character.  I can be a bit feisty, but I have deduced by now, that my brain is programmed that way!  I make no apologies, I grew up to respect people where respect is deserved, but respect in itself I believe is a rare commodity these days and, although shown, is often not reciprocated, you will perhaps agree if you are still reading this??!!

I believe it is OK to be a bit controversial and to feel a bit jaded without being offensive.  I am actually quite a private person by nature, so this medium strikes me as fairly unobtrusive and suits me personally, and I look forward to being here.

I believe mental health has many variations outside of what the medical fraternity know or understand.  Just because you may border on being an extrovert in someone else's opinion, you are welcome here to speak your case, I will be listening, I believe I have quite a bit of insight through life experience, and there is nothing you can say which I will not take on board.  I have probably experienced some of the highlights of life that you have, and also some of the lowlights. 

So please comment here freely, but just remembering always to stick with anonymity, as we can never, ever, take back anything we put in print.  Having said that, I want this to be insightful, fun, controversial even, but always respectful. 

Here are just a few examples of what can drive me "nuts"!   Not comprehensive of course, but a start nevertheless, and hopefully we can start the ball rolling!

Has any of these "situations" ever made smoke come out of your ears?

• Some (perhaps wellmeaning) person saying "It's just your imagination, you'll be alright"...

orrrrrrrrrrr,

• When we phone one of the "13" numbers (as a last resort because we can't find what we're after, on their dodgy website)  and the first thing the robot voice on the other end says is "If you're calling about 'such and such', did you know you can do this online by going to our website and doing 'blah blah blah'..or you can also sign up for 'blah blah blah'.. but if you are calling about.."blah blah blah"  

orrrrrrrrr, 

• patronisation in ANY form!

AAGGGGHHHH!!!!!

What have you experienced?  What makes your hair stand on end?  What does the word "mental" mean to you?  Can it really be pigeonholed as just one thing such as the term "mental health" is, when used in various programs in the general community?  Or is it even in today's high-tech environment, a totally misunderstood phenomena by those who think they know?

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE see this as your opportunity to have a laugh, or be serious, or whatever "rocks your boat".  Keep it clean, keep it fun, but tell us, anything and everything !  Talk soon...