Journal

Article from my time at college about my struggles with depression, and the related talk which started me speaking up. This article includes discussion of depression and suicide. Please be aware before reading further. A list of mental health services in Australia is included at the end of the article. I have talked here about the fact that in 2014 I walked away from college lacrosse despite it being a lifelong dream. I have talked about returning to the game in 2016 for my s

On the 10th of December, Australia will implement a world first social media ban for children under the age of 16. I like it, at least at a surface level. Are there parts I don't like? Yes. Are there changes which should be made? Yes. Do I think more needs to be done? Yes.

Trigger warning:  This blog post includes reference to Mental Illness ,   Depression , and Suicidal Ideation . If you are struggling with mental health there are a list of numbers and resources at the bottom of this article. It's ok to not be ok. Support is available, and you are worth it. When we left our black dogs at the end of the last episode, Freya had just had an operation on her front legs and I had survived college after a breakdown in my freshman year saw me walk aw

Why I think reading to boys, and expressions of love could be what the world needs right now. A ranticle. Depending on where in the world you live, but assuming you are in a western society, somewhere WASPish, and or anywhere else in which this shit is pervading the world, you may have noticed men being awful. (Awfulness is not only afflicting the abovementioned places, it's just that as a white western dude, I don't feel it's my place to speak on what the rest of the world s

Trigger warning: This blog post includes reference to Mental Illness , Depression , and Suicidal Ideation . If you are struggling with mental health there are a list of numbers and resources at the bottom of this article. It's ok to not be ok. Support is available, and you are worth it. In episode 1 of this however many episode long saga, I talked about a dog named Freya, and an illness called depression. In episode 2, Freya gets more expensive, and depression continues to

Myself (left) and Clive (right) in 2016 at the under 19 Lacrosse World Championship in BC, Canada. My younger brother was representing Australia in this tournament. I’ve been fortunate through my life in that I’ve not experienced the loss of many relatives or friends so far. I was lucky enough to have three grandparents when I was born and I kept them into adulthood. My maternal grandmother made it to eighty-nine and my paternal grandfather made it to ninety-seven (his aim to

Freya arrived at my house, her home, on the 17th of June in 2022. She was the runt of her litter (now 50kg/110lbs) and had needed surgery on her eyes to correct a condition called entropion. She was the sweetest little thing... for about a week. Freya, you see, had horrendous separation anxiety. Crate training failed, trainer visits and work with specialist vets did little to ease her suffering. I was heartbroken. But we persisted, I wasn't raising a quitter. Months of her ru