Below you will find pages that utilize the taxonomy term “mental-health”
My Mistake
During the 2018 municipal election season I believed a candidate for town council who claimed to be protecting privacy by withholding encryption keys from the town. That was a mistake.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on June 23, 2022
Not Missing; Just Busy, Tired, and Recovering
In case you have been wondering why I have posted so little of late, “I Have Been Up To Tech”, volunteering, catching a cold (but not Covid), sleeping a lot, and hopefully recovering. I have learned that it is a good thing I didn’t jump into full time work (or even inflexible or on-call part-time work) as I would have washed out pretty quickly. That is despite how much I have achieved in this time.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on April 19, 2022
Think for Yourself — Not Your Guru
When your ‘gurus’ or other ‘authoritative sources’ make clever arguments that seem reasonable to you, it still doesn’t mean that following the ‘gurus’ is thinking for yourself. Another classic error of reasoning is believing that thinking differently is necessarily thinking better or smarter. The reality is, an offbeat clever argument can cause damage that could be avoided by willing to be ordinary. Of course the challenge is to know when to do which.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on March 2, 2022
Finding Satisfaction
Barring certain dire circumstances, or a medical condition such as ‘clinical’ depression, one can avoid the dangers of dissatisfaction by recognizing one’s own capabilities, abilities, and means to achieve what matters to oneself, and use this in creating a flexible plan to improve. In short, work and play hard, relax, and enjoy life by setting goals which matter to you and that are achievable; If you don’t succeed, try again, “fail better”.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on February 27, 2022
Denying Abusive Deniers Treatment
What we should do, but probably won’t; Give two choices: accept the treatment offered without harassing (or worse) those treating you or acknowledge one’s choice of going home and managing on one’s own against doctor’s advice. If you can’t make a choice, you’re not competent to make a decision, so you are on a Form 1 and evaluated for mental health (or other impairment) issues.
By on December 23, 2021
Surviving Death Warmed Over
No offence meant to the bean dish in the cover photo, but it reminds me of the results of an awful bout of food-borne illness I recently experienced.
By on December 12, 2021
Single is Great Except Biology Hates Me
I’ve been single most of my life except for a brief disastrous marriage and am currently single and happy except that biology hates me.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on September 25, 2021
Virtual Indian Horse Screening & Discussion (Updated)
Virtual – Orange Shirt Day Film Screening – Indian Horse at the Midland Public Library
By Daniel F. Dickinson on March 28, 2022
Tired of Not Having Skills to Stop the Hate
Theoretically I know that it’s not all on me, but I’m still tired of my lack of skills for damping down the hate that is destroying us.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on August 29, 2021
Counting Myself In
Now that I am feeling better, I have taken steps to ‘count myself in’ at the Midland Public Library MakerPlace rather than being stuck on the idea that I have included myself out. I have volunteered to do a couple of (short) presentations in August on topics that are more ’techie’ (including one that will make use of an A.I. project I did many years ago, while in university, along with other notes I am digging out from various A.I. courses of that era). I am also hopeful that once the physical space is open to the public again, that this will help the new MakerPlace Coordinator have more opportunities for tech talk.
By on July 19, 2021
A Glass Half Empty
The MakerPlace virtual meetings were on a different track than expected for Makerspace, but my reaction was a reflection of a generally negative state of mind.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on July 19, 2021
A Small Fix in Silence
At the reminder of a friend I added the date of the posts to the post listing, and some personal notes.
By on June 11, 2021
Community Safety: A Positive Response
In response to my negatively expressed concerns, Mayor Stewart Strathearn came back with a well though out, and very positive response.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on June 1, 2021
Beautiful Community Safety Brochure for Council
It’s a nice looking report that has good information on root causes and issues of concern. It also has a lot of ‘aspirational’ objectives.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on May 29, 2021
Including Yourself Out
For mental health you need to remember to take care of yourself not just others, which explains the frustration I expressed in a previous post.
By on May 14, 2021
Not Down for the Count
Well it seems I was down but not out. I’m getting back up and getting ready to continue the round. I’m stubborn that way…
By Daniel F. Dickinson on March 7, 2021
T -2 And Personal Reset
No it’s not the ‘big red button’! T -2 means out reality is going to get a bit of reset toward sanity, normalcy, and cooperation.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on January 18, 2021
Poor Man's Pancakes
Many, even in my own country of Canada might think that homemade pancakes every morning would be a dream come true…
By Daniel F. Dickinson on January 28, 2021
Princes and Madmen
A strange idea came to me in conversation the other day, namely that my schizophrenia helps me understand what it must be like to be Prince William.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on March 5, 2003
Schizophrenia Talk
A fairly comprehensive talk I wrote about my experience with schizophrenia for a ‘CMHA Consumer Conference’ in 2005.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on February 8, 2005
Person Imperfect
A poem and comments on being imperfect and managing feelings about that.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on February 21, 2021
Not So Indefatigable
I may sometimes seem like I “keep on ticking” no matter what happens. This is as much acting that way in order to try to make it reality…
By Daniel F. Dickinson on February 18, 2021
Computer Art
Hah! I bet you were expecting me to have to be posting about computer-generated art, not art I’ve created with a computer as the subject!
By Daniel F. Dickinson on January 15, 2021
Covid Project Blues
Sadly this is not a post about a Blues music project during the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s just me whining about something unusual for me: boredom.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on January 7, 2021
Local Artisan Supporting Mental Health
A local artisan who makes handmade leather products, and has a mental health blog, presented on their work at the Midland Public Library MakerPlace.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on January 16, 2021
Personal(ity) Minority
More interesting to me is that only 3-5 percent match the INTP personality, explaining why I feel like ’the odd one out’ in local gatherings.
By Daniel F. Dickinson on January 22, 2021