1. Lost Your Spear?

   04/08/16

   that. His excellent new book Who Stole My Spear talks of men trapped in bodies more suited to living in ... masculinity is getting back in touch with our bodily designs. But it’s more than going for a jog. It includes ... men were self-employed shopkeepers or farmers not small cogs in big machines with line managers and ... More

2. John: 'I was depressed in the army'

   04/08/16

   through it’. I continued in this way for the next 10 years. Then in 2014 I got in touch with Glasgow’s ... is John. I proudly served in the British Army Royal Logistics Corp as a chef. My first posting was ... Northern Ireland. While a serving soldier I was diagnosed with severe depression. I left the army in 2003 ... More

3. Phil: 'I thought I had a bad back'

   12/05/16

   anything which might have made me act sooner. The turning point was a holiday in Tenerife with my wife. For ... irritable bowel syndrome. I was going more often but I adapted. I didn’t really have blood in my stools or ... drugs. Two were standard. The third, in people with a certain DNA profile, helps one of the other two ... More

4. 'I didn't know until I was in my 40s'

   22/09/14

   when things like ADHD and dyslexia hadn’t been ‘invented’ so didn’t find out until I was in my early ... we self-medicate with drugs, alcohol or high-risk behaviour. Because I work in drawing and the arts, ... some of my ADHD behaviour- ‘sideways’ thinking, creativity, moving from one topic to another- fitted in ... More

5. Yesterday on the Covid - 19 front - line

   05/02/21

   redeployed to deal with Covid-19. I wanted to be able to help. There’s no point sitting in out-patients ... online course mostly in my own time, reading up on lungs and non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and so on. It ... That’s hard to make sense of. We’re not used to seeing anything like this. I used to work in palliative ... More

6. The only diet that always works

   21/12/17

   need to eat less and exercise more. This diet deals with the first bit in the easiest way. Fitness FAQs ... was prepared in line with the NHS England Information Standard of which the MHF is a member. Follow ... is associated with higher blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes and heart disease. But if you don’t ... More

7. 'Have the balls to ask for help'

   31/07/14

   nothing in life for granted. In terms of my physical self, I like to think I look the same as prior to my ... dying and things were going through my mind. Why has this happened to me? What did I do to deserve this? ... treatment. I had three cycles of chemotherapy, split into 15 sessions to remove the bits in my back. It made ... More

8. The CAN DO Challenge

   08/09/22

   connect with other people (eg. call an old friend or family member)  (Be) A ctive- move your body (eg. go ... phone for an hour and look around)  D iscover- learn something new (eg. read a book you haven't ... read before) O ffer (or give)- do something for someone else (eg. volunteer for a local community ... More

9. What is #works4me?

   06/01/17

   situation. Why can't I just post and have my suggestion appear online immediately like on a forum or ... about my situation? Yes- just go to #works4me and describe what's happening with you. We'll ... email or text chat with a stress specialist on a one to one basis. #works4me lets us share ideas man to ... More

10. John: 'Monitoring my numbers helps me manage'

    25/07/18

    A fair amount of fruit. Natural fats. I like baking and still bake pastries for my family. I just eat ... numbers are important for me. Following them keeps me in the zone. I monitor my HbA1c closely. I used to ... helped to manage my sugars if I didn’t keep my side of the bargain. That sort of message works with me. ... More

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