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By Hole Ousia Posted on August 11, 2026August 11, 2026

A name is a guest of the real

The following quotes are by [in order, as shared]: Hanya Yanighara, Annalena McAfee, Evelyn Waugh, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, E M Forster, Richard Holloway and A S Byatt: Notes: I made … Continue reading A name is a guest of the real

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, Classification of mental illness, History of medicine, Medical humanities, PsychiatryTags: A name is a guest of the real, A S Byatt, Annalena McAfee, Antidepressant withdrawal, antidepressants, Bridge of Allan, chemical imbalance theory, E M Forster, Evelyn Waugh, Forced swimming Test, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gilbert Farie, Hanya Yanighara, Julian Barnes, overmedicalisation, Paroxetine, Porsolt, prescribed harm, Richard Holloway, Seroxat, sketches, SSRIs, Strathallan Pharmacy

By Hole Ousia Posted on May 20, 2026

Timorous wee beastie

On Sunday morning I came across a dead mouse floating in the water of a galvanised watering can in our garden. This discovery left me close to tears. I was … Continue reading Timorous wee beastie

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, History of medicine, Omphalos films, Poems, Progress hardly broke its stride, Psychiatry, Two culturesTags: antidepressants, Defeat Depression Campaign, Forced swimming Test, Mossgrove, mouse, Peter + Sian's garden, poems, Porsolt, rat, Siberia, SSRIs, Timorous wee beastie

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