Tears of a clown!

So..... I was just talking to my friend 'Jeff' about the ills of the world. He's been going through a bit of a shit time lately, and we got talking about crying. He told me that he cried because of what has been going on, and I wonder how he thought I'd react, because for us guys the standard response is to kick them when they are down by terrorising them, but I didn't. I smiled, not a smirk, no eyes lighting up at somebody having a bad day...... I smiled because I was PROUD of him, so fucking proud it made me happy, happy for him, happy for me, happy for humanity, because it set him free. I'm an open book when it comes to shedding tears, I cry ALL. THE. TIME. Want proof? Ok, here's a few things that have set me off lately. - Fraggle rock - Our dog not stopping whining - My Granduncle died - I was due to go back to work - Fraggle rock (mentioned for a second time due the ludicrously odd nature of it upsetting me) Fraggle fucking rock....... But t...

People who suffer from depression and anxiety HATE it, I mean who wants to feel worthless and/or like the walls are closing in? I'd give up every last worldly possession to have a clean bill of health and not be a burden on people. Who in their right mind would WANT to feel like that? Well disturbingly it would seem that whilst not wanting to experience the symptoms of MH issues there are a LOT of people willing to use depression as a fucking fashion accessory on social media for no reason other than attention, and more importantly to attain a level of 'celebrity' that comes from using good people's naivety to boost their likes on platforms such as TikTok. I see it all the time, people sitting there looking like a kitten just shit in their beer to steal sympathy of strangers and garner a level of regional 'fame' that they crave for some unknown reason. But I want to say this, the only thing you should be using your mental health issues for is making other people...

So, here we are again. Take 3 of our national lockdown and we're all stuck at home climbing the walls in frustration. I know that other parts of the world are less stringent than us, but we are ALL facing unprecedented challenges that thankfully happen rarely. We can all sit and make a joke about being driven to drink by homeschooling our children, we can clip them round the ear (jokingly) for making a silly mistake in their work, but do we REALLY take into account how this lockdown is affecting them? I'm not sure that I have taken it as seriously as maybe I should have. We tend to assume that a child's world is uncomplicated, they don't have bills to pay, they aren't being driven made by a manager, director or CEO that demands more and more from us for the same money we've been on for years. We take it for granted that at the end of a day they close their eyes and dream away everything that has bothered them just a few hours previously, but why is t...