From Failure to Phoenix

From Failure to Phoenix

Failure is a part of life, as plenty of successful people have found out. Here we take a look at six highly renowned men who failed miserably before achieving great success. Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865: “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you...
Cultural Diversity

Cultural Diversity

As there are no physical tests available, the diagnosis of psychiatric disorders depends on assessing what the person concerned says and does, or on what other people report about an individual who is causing them concern. There are at least two aspects of this...
Out of this world

Out of this world

I was lying in my bed. It was dark in my room, however not very late. I could hear my family watching TV in the living room, which was outside my bedroom door. I was slipping in and out of consciousness and I was thinking about what actually happens when we die, and...
The Naming and Taming of Olivier

The Naming and Taming of Olivier

Before I knew very much about OCD, I saw myself and ‘it’ as very much the same thing. I was terrified that the endless intrusive thoughts hinted at dark desires, and indicated that I was pretty much the worse human in the world because I was, at best, irresponsible...