Monthly Archives: December 2022

Happy New Year 2023

Posted on December 31, 2022 by michelleclarke2015

Happy New Year 2023 “No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new … Continue reading →

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Today I recognised that my fear of the phone for three decades now is in fact a phobia; It is under the umbrella of social anxiety disorder and is called telephobia. This may be of assistance to other people especially those who have Broca’s post TBI.

Posted on December 29, 2022 by michelleclarke2015

More menu Search BBC What is Worklife? How We WorkHow We LiveHow We Think Psychology of Work | Psychology Scared of the phone? Here’s how to overcome that fear Share using EmailShare on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on Linkedin (Image credit: … Continue reading →

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TBI, dementia, mental illness, disabilities, finally this legislation will be put into effect in 2023. This is from St. Patrick’s hospital. “The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act and mental health”. (St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services)

Posted on December 28, 2022 by michelleclarke2015

 Have a query? Get in touch01 249 3200 Make a referralGet help and supportGo to Your Portal Advocacy 22 November, 2022 The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act and mental health We explore the new Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act, why it’s important, … Continue reading →

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Stifling: You may have thought it was agoraphobia but it differs. I highly recommend this discussion on youtube.

Posted on December 28, 2022 by michelleclarke2015
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27th December 2022: Irish Independent article by Mary Kenny about Nun’s and their contributions brought to mind Sr (Dr) Maura O’Donohue. What an incredible contribution. I had the privilege of meeting Maura in Zimbabwe, while she was on a work visit, so fiery, spirited and this contribution to the Dictionary of Biography tells us that there are many people who chose to be priests and nuns, who travelled on the Missions and are the hidden backbone of survival, education, health provision and so much more. My paternal grandmother was an O’Donohue and related.

Posted on December 27, 2022 by michelleclarke2015

Skip to main content Dictionary of Irish Biography O’Donohue, Maura Contributed by O’Riordan, Turlough Maura O’Donohue Copyright Courtesy of the Medical Missionaries of Mary. All rights reserved O’Donohue, Maura (1933–2015), missionary doctor and public health campaigner, was born on 2 … Continue reading →

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Thanks to tweet from Erskine Childer’s great grandson of a photo of my grandfather, Michael Comyn, KC, as they gathered to form first De Valera government 1933.

Posted on December 25, 2022 by michelleclarke2015
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Untold stories CNN …. over 9,500 brains held in collection in Denmark since 1940’s. Ethics causes indecision. Science needs to find answers but then ethics says these brains were taken from psychiatric patients without proper sanction. Personally, I believe Scientists should have access to them now … there are blunt answers to mental health still and stigma. We no longer have lobotomies, or recurrent ECT but what are the medications and their implications? Blackdog hounds me especially when routine days are interrupted by so called festivities. I fear collapse to restraint to being locked away indefinitely. Why? that is what depression is and if you can’t hold on, you just fall backwards into a hole that becomes more and more difficult to see light of any significance and the game is up when the light fails to penetrate and you are gone. I thank the team who put together this TV programme, the grandniece journalist who sought out the story … and most importantly shared it. I hope someone with the expertise can go to Denmark and the brains of so many people can be used to help find an answer to psychiatric illnesses like Schizophrenia, Bipolar, horrid depression. Too often Anxiety in all its manifestations can be the instigator of significant depression but anxiety is ignored or scoffed as normal or something that can be overcome by exercise!

Posted on December 25, 2022 by michelleclarke2015

The complications of family history with manic depression; personally having same with the complication of traumatic brain injury, I had naively thought, “for the benefit of others, so they did not have to suffer the same as me” that I … Continue reading →

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‘I haven’t come across any paranormal phenomena that cannot be explained by a damaged brain’ Interview: Saul Martinez-Horta. Ref: EL PAIS

Posted on December 17, 2022 by michelleclarke2015

INTERVIEW Saul Martínez-Horta: ‘I haven’t come across any paranormal phenomena that cannot be explained by a damaged brain’ In a new book, the Barcelona-based neuropsychologist unravels the strange behaviors and conduct that neurological diseases can cause in people JESSICA MOUZO … Continue reading →

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Comerford — Blake-Forster — Comyn

Posted on December 2, 2022 by michelleclarke2015

https://www.blogger.com/navbar.g?targetBlogID=6561249004966522983&blogName=Patrick+Comerford&publishMode=PUBLISH_MODE_HOSTED&navbarType=LIGHT&layoutType=LAYOUTS&searchRoot=https://www.patrickcomerford.com/search&blogLocale=en_GB&v=2&homepageUrl=https://www.patrickcomerford.com/&targetPostID=2991322514805062314&blogPostOrPageUrl=https://www.patrickcomerford.com/2022/02/the-judge-from-co-clare-family-who-was.html&vt=8815153255018484625&usegapi=1&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fscs%2Fabc-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fk%3Dgapi.lb.en.geaHZXF2-fw.O%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAHpOoo9yYF5eCIYPx4UH9gpJptM2Q_GGxQ%2Fm%3D__features__#id=navbar-iframe&_gfid=navbar-iframe&parent=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patrickcomerford.com&pfname=&rpctoken=13301123 PATRICK COMERFORD: an online journal on Anglicanism, theology, spirituality, history, architecture, travel, poetry, beach walks … and more 10 FEBRUARY 2022 The judge from a Co Clarefamily who was once sackedfrom ‘The Irish Times’ Drumcreehy Churchyard, near Ballyvaughan, Co … Continue reading →

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The Criminal Justice Issue Nobody Talks About: Brain Injuries. My personal comment: People forget the onset of mental illness, especially, depression, anxiety disorders and phobias which are part of what is called the “silent epidemic”. Personally I have gone through periods of intense anxiety, necessitating daily medications for over 3 decades. I have tamed, slightly, the agoraphobia but in doing this I exist in a structured “box” mental state and going beyond is a real source of additional anxiety. The Marshall Project is needed in countries like Ireland. Too often cases get recorded by the newspaper but there is no journal for people who “exist” within our prisons. Maybe someone will think about this.

Posted on December 2, 2022 by michelleclarke2015

01.06.2022 Life Inside The Criminal Justice Issue Nobody Talks About: Brain Injuries I know firsthand what it’s like to navigate the criminal justice system with a brain injury caused by domestic violence. I also live with the fact that an … Continue reading →

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